How WhatIEatInADay posts exposed our obsession with other people's diets:
, the actual concept of WIEIAD is not new. YouTubers have been posting these videos for as long as that platform has existed, and we were just as obsessed with what other people eat before the internet even happened.The analogue version of these digital food diaries exists in meal plans printed in magazines and newspapers, photoshoots looking inside the fridges of famous people and nitty-gritty details from their nutritionists shared with tabloids.
“I wouldn’t always have the means to eat an exact replica of their day, but I’d follow their rules,” she says. “If they ate porridge every morning, so would I. If they stopped eating carbs after a certain time, I’d do it. If they had a late snack of 20 almonds, I’d eat 20 almonds before bed too.” From the influencers side, the engagement probably makes it impossible to stop. A quick look at some who post these videos or photo slides on Instagram would suggest that they get more likes than other images on their page – even more so than selfies or body photos, which the algorithm famously supports. Many of the captions or videos on food diaries begin with them explaining that ‘this is my most frequently requested video’ – of course they’ll continue to create.
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