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How to reject diet culture

By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor | December 15, 2022

Diet culture existed long before it got its name. The harmful belief that skinny is better promotes the unrealistic expectation that there's an "ideal" body image. This concept can be pernicious to people of all genders, ages and sizes, and most people...