Food photos on Instagram: is it healthy or obsession? – GOOD SHAPE

Marcia Di Domenico – Edition: MdeMulher (/)

okay that photograph and post on Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook what you eat is a strategy to control your diet and make healthier choices. But there are people crossing the line and transforming the neura of posting pictures of food into a villain of good shape and health. The topic led psychiatrist Valerie Taylor, from the University of Toronto, in Canada, to study the trend and draw disappointing conclusions.

“The obsession with documenting what you eat at every meal can be a sign of an eating disorder,” he says. She admits that the habit is increasingly common, which does not mean that it is always harmless. “The problem is when food becomes central when photographing and sharing a certain occasion and everything else – the company, the place, the taste of the food – is in the background”, she warns. You may think you’ll never get to that point, but answer quickly:

· Have you already chosen what to order at the restaurant thinking if it would make a good photo?

· Did you let the food cool until you got the perfect angle and the ideal filter for the photo?

· Do the captions of your clicks have the detailed description of the dish, but not a word about who was with you at dinner?

If the answer is yes to one of them, be smart. You may be using social media against your diet and social life. This is because the habit is so frowned upon that several restaurants in the United States, where the hashtag #foodstagram is a rage, already prohibit consumers from photographing the dishes.

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