Zara McDermott vows to change her social media content after fans branded her Disordered Eating documentary ‘tone-deaf’

Zara McDermott has vowed to change her content on social media after learning it ‘triggers’ people with eating disorders.

BBC Three viewers were left divided after watching her new documentary, with many fans quick to slam the programme as ‘tone-deaf’.

The former Love Island star, 25, appeared on BBC breakfast on Friday to discuss the devastating impact influencers’ social media posts can have on young people struggling with eating disorders.Zara told presenters Charlie Stayt and Tina De Healy: ‘I was sadly trolled quite badly when I came out of the show because of my weight you know I wasn’t the smallest girl there but I was a perfectly healthy weight but sadly the trolls decided to tell me I was too big.

‘I wasn’t suffering from an eating disorder myself but I knew there was a mᴀssive demand for weight loss content so I was just posting not knowing the detrimental impact it was having on my followers. I was just meeting the demands for that content.’

When asked what the ‘detrimental impact’ was on her followers, Zara responded: ‘We know that social media doesn’t cause eating disorders but it can have a huge impact on the development so essentially posts of mine and many other influencers could have triggered someone eating disorder at some point.

‘It’s tough because I want to share my life I’m still pᴀssionate about eating healthy but it’s about finding that balance in life.’