No-Diet Day was started 30 years ago by Mary Evans Young to promote body acceptance and size diversity.
This is a day to increase the awareness of the harms of dieting and also invite people who have been dieting for most of their life to experiment with giving themselves a break from needing to follow food rules, weigh themselves and feel the pressure of needing to lose weight.
Dieting does not offer long-term weight loss but instead robs people of mental and physical health.
On the podcast, I had a panel conversation with Anne Poirier, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Kathryn Best, LCSW about why a non-diet lifestyle is so important, how diet culture impacts people’s relationship with food, and the cost of dieting.
Learn more here https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/nodietday
You can connect with Anne Poirier here- https://shapingperspectives.com
and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/annepoirier11/
You can connect with Kathryn Best here- https://www.newmeadowscounseling.com/
And on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/kathryn_best_lcsw/
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