18 Apr 2024

‘Health Sensation’ food blogger shares cheap eats

From Nights, 10:45 pm on 18 April 2024

From pretzel burgers to sushi, and tofu banh mi to toasties.

Bryer Oden runs the popular Instagram account 'Health Sensation' where she reviews cheap spots to grab lunch around Wellington.

She's amassed ten thousand followers across TikTok and Instagram celebrating good food with good friends, in an effort to shed some of the unsavoury aspects of diet culture online.

Bryer is sitting at a cafe table on a busy Wellington street. She smiles at the camera, wearing funky yellow sunglasses and holding half of a sandwich.

Bryer Oden studied a masters in linguistics, looking at how disordered eating is normalised on social media platform Instagram. Photo: Supplied