"A lot of my peers use the term ‘being good’ when it comes to their eating habits. I’m not interested in ‘being good’, whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean.
Eating isn’t a behaviour to comment on, correct or punish.
I’m focusing on being kind to myself."
https://carasutra.com/2026/01/new-year-weight-loss-plans-diet-culture/
#AntiDiet #DietCulture #BodyAutonomy #ChronicIllness #Midlife
Dreading the January onslaught of messages demanding that you “fix” your body so it conforms to an unrealistic ideal based on racism?
Interested in hearing from under-represented voices in public health that share different messages?
Announcing the Shared Stories Society!
Starting January 16 join me online Friday afternoons from 3-4:30pm Pacific Time for “media club”. This program invites participants to explore under represented voices in public health. We will examine books, zines, and more across the year. Each session will include time for grounding and self-reflection in addition to group discussion of the materials.
January through February we’ll be reading Aubrey Gordon’s book, “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat”, and learn how anti-fat bias harms not only fat people, but thin people as well.
While this is listed as being for adults 60+, if you’re an adult younger than 60 and want to participate, please sign up anyway! We’ve officially expanded it to 40+, but if this is what you need and over 20, consider joining, just know the conversation may be biased to post-menopausal people.
#BookClub #PublicHealth #NewVoices #AntiFatBias #AntiDiet #Yoga #YogaTherapy #OnlineLearning #LifelongLearning
Perhaps you've gotten some of this shit on you. Have you found yourself watching a video from a dietitian influencer like Cara Harbstreet, Colleen Christensen or Lauren Smith, promoting "health at any size" with hashtags like #DerailTheShame and #AntiDiet? These were paid campaigns sponsored by General Mills, Pepsi, and other multinational, multibillion-dollar corporations.
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CNN: As #obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice.
One company in particular, #GeneralMills, maker of Cocoa Puffs & Lucky Charms cereals, has launched a multi-pronged campaign that capitalizes on the teachings of the #AntiDiet movement.
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The company has also enlisted a team of lobbyists and pushed back against federal policies that would add health information to food labels.
Gift url: https://wapo.st/43JAK6E
#GeneralMills has showered giveaways on registered #dietitians who promote its cereals w/the hashtag DerailTheShame, & #sponsored #influencers who promote its sugary snacks. The co also enlisted #lobbyists & pushed back against fed policies that would add #health info to #FoodLabels.
…Online dietitians—many of them backed by food makers—also are building lucrative followings by co-opting #AntiDiet msgs. Anti-diet hashtags…have proliferated on #SocialMedia.
One company in particular, #GeneralMills, maker of CocoaPuffs & LuckyCharms cereals, has launched a multi-pronged campaign that capitalizes on the teachings of the #AntiDiet movement…. General Mills has toured the country touting anti-diet research it claims proves the harms of “food shaming” [it does harm, but doesn’t necessitate unhealthy food habits].
#PublicHealth #Influencers #lobbyists #regulations #health #nutrition
As #obesity rises, #BigFood & *#dietitians* push ‘#AntiDiet’ advice
…the “anti-diet” movement, a #SocialMedia juggernaut that began as an effort to combat #WeightStigma & an unhealthy obsession w/thinness…[has now been co-opted by]…global food marketers…seeking to cash in on the trend.
#PublicHealth #Influencers #lobbyists #regulations #health #FoodLabels #nutrition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/03/diet-culture-nutrition-influencers-general-mills-processed-food/
Y’know, I would argue that while pronouns are important,… adjectives might be more important. 🤔
My Pronouns are:
She/Her
But my Adjectives are:
#Environmentalist
#IntersectionalFeminist
#TransAlly
#Bisexual
#Fat
#AntiDiet
#Leftist
#AntiFascist
#BikeEnthusiast
#Crafter
Cara Sutra
Sherri Koehler (she/her)
Cory Doctorow
ConscienHealth
Absinthe
Nonilex
BarbChamberlain
Kaylynne