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Currently submitted to: JMIR Formative Research

Date Submitted: Jul 21, 2026
Open Peer Review Period: Jul 21, 2026 - Sep 15, 2026
(currently open for review)

Warning: This is an author submission that is not peer-reviewed or edited. Preprints - unless they show as "accepted" - should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior and should not be reported in news media as established information.

An Examination of TikTok Shop: Food and Supplement Product Characteristics and Advertising Themes

  • Zora Hall; 
  • Roxanne Dupuis; 
  • Cervelle Vidal; 
  • Omni Cassidy; 
  • Marie Bragg

ABSTRACT

This observational study found that most advertisements for food and dietary supplements were promoted by nano-influencers rather than mega-influencers and often lacked complete nutritional information.


 Citation

Please cite as:

Hall Z, Dupuis R, Vidal C, Cassidy O, Bragg M

An Examination of TikTok Shop: Food and Supplement Product Characteristics and Advertising Themes

JMIR Preprints. 21/07/2026:107624

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.107624

URL: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/107624

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