The thigh gap myth: why genetics, not diet, decides it

With social media platforms under increasing regulatory pressure in several countries to label digitally altered images and restrict content that promotes harmful body standards, the question of how the thigh gap trend is moderated — and by whom — remains open. Whether TikTok and Instagram will enforce stricter policies on this type of content, and what effect such measures would have on the millions of young women already exposed to it, are questions that health advocates and platform regulators have yet to fully resolve.