How the 'almond mom' trend is sparking conversations about the impact of diet culture
When Tyler Bender began making TikToks spoofing health-obsessed moms, she never thought It would become a viral trend that's now igniting discussions on diet culture. When Tyler Bender began making TikTok videos spoofing the behaviors and axioms of so-called "almond moms," she never thought it would become a viral trend sparking conversations about the impact of diet culture on women and girls. "An almond mom is a mom who is a little bit bought into diet culture. A little bit of an obsession with healthy eating, with her body image, with her daughter's body image. Maybe a little bit of an obsession with fitness. But it tends to veer on the side of overdoing it," Bender said on "Impact x Nightline." The "almond mom" hashtag took off on TikTok last year after a 10-year-old clip from "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" resurfaced, featuring a young Gigi Hadid telling her mom Yolanda on the phone she was "feeling really wea...