Charlotte Crosby criticised for 'one size fits all' social media diet plan
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Charlotte Crosby's been criticised for a one week diet plan she's promoting to her followers on social media.
Charlotte, who stars in Geordie Shore and Just Tattoo Of Us, is also recommending using her workout DVDs alongside the plan.
She's been criticised by personal trainers, who have called the food diary "awful" and "ridiculous".
Fitness expert Lauren Tickner also confronted Charlotte online for her "one size fits all" approach.
Charlotte Crosby's management team has commented saying: "Charlotte has mixed and matched her activities this week using her DVDs, her book and her personal experience from working extensively with professionals across the fitness world."
The plan involves eating three meals and a snack a day, which Charlotte chooses, and doing one of her workout DVDs five out of the seven days.
Lauren, who is a qualified personal trainer, says she came across the plan on Twitter.
She's told Newsbeat that food plans should be suited to people's individual needs.
Discussing Tuesday's plan, Lauren Tickner says: "This isn't good for everyone. If I was to consume this I would feel absolutely awful.
"I don't think these meals sound very big and she hasn't specified how much of everything to eat - so people will interpret this in different ways.
"It says one sweet potato - how big is that supposed to be?
"Each and every person is so different and has different calorie requirements, even identical twins.
"The body is complicated and everyone has different levels of activity."
Lauren has more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares fitness tips. , external
Lauren says plans like these used to make her think negatively about food and doesn't want other people to feel the same.
"Three or four years ago I was in a really vulnerable place and had orthorexic thoughts," she says.
"Orthorexia is an eating disorder where you only eat 'clean foods' and in this food diary there is no allowance for cookies or chocolate for example.
"That encourages people to think to lose body fat they have to cut out everything."
Nutrition Scientist Sarah Coe told Newsbeat that there is no "quick fix for losing weight".
"You can lose weight gradually in a sensible way by reducing your calorie intake while avoiding cutting out food groups completely, and increasing the amount of physical activity you do.
"Finding a way to eat more healthily and be more active that fits in with your daily routine, and most importantly that you enjoy, will increase your chances of sticking at it and having an overall healthier lifestyle."
Twitter users also weren't happy with the diet. , external
Big Shot Productions, which produced Charlotte's DVDs, says it has nothing to do with the one week diet plan.
A spokesperson told Newsbeat: "The diet and the exercise on the DVDs are approved by the rigorous standards of the advertising standards agency Clearcast and its dieticians and sports scientists."
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