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Diet Culture

Diet culture is a system of beliefs that equates thinness with health and moral virtue, promotes weight loss as the ultimate goal, and encourages restrictive eating and exercise habits, often at the expense of physical and mental well-being." These articles will help you understand why diet culture is so unhealthy and unhelpful.

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Unmasking Diet Culture: Clearing the Path to Intuitive Eating

In today's society, the term "diet culture" has become a buzzword, and for good reason. It's essential to understand what diet culture is...

Jan 313 min read

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Tackling Body Objectification: A Key to Intuitive Eating

Not many people know about tackling body objectification because they don't know what it is. So, what is it? Well, it's "what is the...

Jan 313 min read

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How to Deal with Diet Culture Medics

When your GP, or anyone else, is clearly still stuck in diet culture, here's what to say to push them gently out of their pre-historic...

Jan 302 min read

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Why Overeating isn’t Your Fault

You – the person – are not weak, bad or have anything wrong with you because you overeat. Overeating happened to you, you didn’t cause it.

Do I Need Intuitive Eating?

Dec 20, 20243 min read

Tired of the Diet Rollercoaster?

Tired of the Diet Rollercoaster?

Intuitive eating isn’t just a diet; it’s a liberating journey to a healthier relationship with food.

Nov 22, 20241 min read

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