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ScienceI was a fitness influencer with 1 million Instagram followers. I made a career U-turn after I realized my content was damaging myself and others.
- Madalin Giorgetta, 35, used to sell a fitness guide to help women get a curvy, muscular figure.
- In 2019, she realized that her messaging was celebrating thinness, so she switched gears.
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