Fitspiration is flourishing on Instagram. The content — workout videos, photos of "ideal" bodies, inspirational quotes — is meant to help people get healthy, but science shows that it might be doing harm to viewers' mental health.

Produced by: Christine Wong

Presented by: Richard Bradbury, Arvindh Yuvaraj, & Audrey Raj

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