As the calendar turns and a new year begins, conversations about New Year’s resolutions and diet culture ramp up fast. The phrase “new year, new you” shows up everywhere, and for many people, it comes with an unspoken expectation to change their body, eating habits,...
In today’s world, we consume more content than ever before. And unfortunately, there's so much diet culture on social media that it's impossible to avoid messages about how we should look, what we should eat, and who we are supposed to be. While often disguised as...
You’ve been working hard to heal your relationship with food. You’re unlearning diet culture, practicing intuitive eating, and trying to tune in to your body’s needs. But then something happens — stress at work, a health scare, a breakup, a big transition — and...
Working in the eating disorder field has always been hard. Being an eating disorder dietitian in the Ozempic era is that much harder. The barrage of marketing and media coverage surrounding Ozempic — which, because of this buzz, has become the main drug people...
I wasn’t always anti-diet. I spent years working in food media and writing articles about “clean” eating and all kinds of other diets. (Not to mention, the disordered eating habits and the fixation on “healthy” eating that led me to write about these things in the...
Despite the fact that people are becoming more wary of dieting, fad diets are still everywhere. They’re just hiding undercover, calling themselves lifestyle changes. As a dietitian who specializes in eating disorders and disordered eating, I see firsthand how much...
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