Consider This from NPR Anti-Diet Culture Gets Hijacked
Apr 10, 2024
Sasha Chavkin, a senior reporter for The Examination specializing in global public health, dives into the evolving landscape of the anti-diet movement. She discusses how body positivity and self-acceptance have gained momentum on social media. However, there's a twist—big food corporations are now hijacking this movement to market sugary snacks and cereals. Chavkin unpacks the implications of this corporate co-option, raising important questions about authenticity and the real impact on public health.
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Anti-Diet Movement Co-opted
- The anti-diet movement aims to combat weight stigma and food shame, promoting the idea that bodies can be healthy at any size.
- However, food companies are distorting this message to sell processed foods.
Origins of the Anti-Diet Movement
- The anti-diet movement arose to combat weight discrimination and an obsession with thinness.
- Approaches like "health at every size" and "intuitive eating" challenge diet culture's harmful effects.
Food Companies' Tactics
- General Mills and other food companies recruit anti-diet influencers to market their products, including sugary cereals.
- General Mills even funded a study on food shaming to oppose regulations on food packaging.