Outbreak exposes how diet culture fuels weight‑loss jokes
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As cyclospora cases rise in the U.S., social media jokes about illness as a quick path to weight loss reveal how entrenched diet culture can trivialize illness and trigger concerns for those with eating disorders; experts warn such humor normalizes unhealthy pursuits and harms health messaging.
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