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Thoughtful writing on food, body image, eating disorders, and the culture that shapes how we think about them.

 
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Do I Need An Eating Disorder Diagnosis To Get Support With My Relationship To Food and Body?
Do I Need An Eating Disorder Diagnosis To Get Support With My Relationship To Food and Body?

Have you ever felt like you needed an eating disorder diagnosis to get support around your relationship to food and your body? If so read on to find out just how common this is and why you shouldn’t wait.

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Eating DisordersKatherine MetzelaarMarch 24, 2021Comment
How Your Mom’s Body Image Impacted Your Body Image: 5 Questions You can Ask Yourself to Learn More
How Your Mom’s Body Image Impacted Your Body Image: 5 Questions You can Ask Yourself to Learn More

Ever wonder if your mom’s relationship with her body impacted your relationship to your body? If so, read on to find out more and learn 5 questions to ask yourself to dig deeper.

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Body ImageKatherine MetzelaarMarch 17, 2021Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Why Honoring Hunger Feels Confusing
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Why Honoring Hunger Feels Confusing

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings written as a letter to Diet Culture. This time, we talk about how diet culture works hard to make you think ignoring your hunger is virtuous.

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Dieting and Food CultureKatherine MetzelaarMarch 14, 2021 Comments
Why Body Checking Leaves You Feeling Like Crap and 5 Steps You Can Take to Reduce It
Why Body Checking Leaves You Feeling Like Crap and 5 Steps You Can Take to Reduce It

Ever wonder what body checking is and how this may impact your life and relationship to your body? If so, read on to find out more and learn how to take 5 steps to decrease body checking

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Body ImageKatherine MetzelaarMarch 7, 2021 Comments
Dear Diet Culture Letter: "Intuitive Fasting" Doesn't Exist
Dear Diet Culture Letter: "Intuitive Fasting" Doesn't Exist

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings written as a letter to Diet Culture. This time, we talk about how the most recent diet book “Intuitive Fasting” is super problematic and why.

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Dieting and Food CultureKatherine MetzelaarFebruary 28, 2021 Comments
Are You Afraid of Pancakes for Breakfast? 3 Myths About Carbohydrates
Are You Afraid of Pancakes for Breakfast? 3 Myths About Carbohydrates

Feeling fear around carbs, especially those that you enjoy and may eat at breakfast, is very common. But could there be more to the story that diet culture leaves out? Read on to find out more and learn about 3 myths about carbs.

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Food and NutritionKatherine MetzelaarFebruary 21, 2021Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Binge Eating is Not a Moral Failing
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Binge Eating is Not a Moral Failing

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings written as a letter to Diet Culture. This time, we talk about binge eating, how it’s not a moral failing and how diet culture fits into this.

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Eating DisordersKatherine MetzelaarFebruary 11, 2021Comment
Portion Control is a Diet and You Deserve Better
Portion Control is a Diet and You Deserve Better

Portion control is a commonly acceptable practice and one that is used by many, but are there harms involved? And could portion control be just as unsustainable as a diet? Read on to find out more about portion control.

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Dieting and Food CultureKatherine MetzelaarFebruary 7, 2021Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Why it’s Harmful that You Promote Diets like Noom
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Why it’s Harmful that You Promote Diets like Noom

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings written as a letter to Diet Culture. This time, we talk about Noom and the harms of diets-that-pretend-like-they-are-not-diets.

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Dieting and Food CultureKatherine MetzelaarJanuary 31, 2021 Comments
What Is Emotional Eating? Why We Need to Rethink the Way We Talk About It
What Is Emotional Eating? Why We Need to Rethink the Way We Talk About It

The use of the words “emotional eating” are ubiquitous on our culture, but do they accurately describe one’s experience with food? And is there anything that we miss out on by naming eating as “emotional eating” ? Read more to find out why we are all emotional eaters and why the use of “emotional eating” needs to be examined.

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Eating DisordersKatherine MetzelaarJanuary 24, 2021Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: You Ruin Fruits & Veggies
Dear Diet Culture Letter: You Ruin Fruits & Veggies

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about how diet culture ruins fruits and veggies.

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Food and NutritionKatherine MetzelaarJanuary 17, 2021Comment
Why this Dietitian Doesn't Believe in the Word 'Overeating'
Why this Dietitian Doesn't Believe in the Word 'Overeating'

Ever stop to think about what the word “overeating” means and how this might be impacting your relationship to food? Read on to find out why I don’t believe in the word and questions you can ask yourself to untangle your use of the word too.

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Eating DisordersKatherine MetzelaarJanuary 10, 2021Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Same Ole' New Year Nonsense
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Same Ole' New Year Nonsense

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about diet culture and the New Year.

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Dieting and Food CultureKatherine MetzelaarJanuary 3, 2021Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Stop Targeting Parents and Caregivers
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Stop Targeting Parents and Caregivers

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about diet culture and it’s impacts on parenting.

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Dieting and Food CultureKatherine MetzelaarDecember 21, 2020Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Diet Culture's Connection to the Beauty Industry
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Diet Culture's Connection to the Beauty Industry

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about how diet culture and the beauty industry are deeply intertwined.

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Body ImageKatherine MetzelaarDecember 13, 2020 Comments
Dear Diet Culture Letter: You Lead to Exhaustion and Burnout
Dear Diet Culture Letter: You Lead to Exhaustion and Burnout

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about how diet culture and burnout are connected.

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Dieting and Food CultureKatherine MetzelaarDecember 7, 2020Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Pervasiveness and Manipulation
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Pervasiveness and Manipulation

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about how sneaky and abusive diet culture is.

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Dieting and Food CultureKatherine MetzelaarNovember 25, 2020Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: The Thanksgiving Holiday is Hard
Dear Diet Culture Letter: The Thanksgiving Holiday is Hard

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about diet culture at Thanksgiving.

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Katherine MetzelaarNovember 22, 2020Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Perfectionism with Food is Not Your Fault
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Perfectionism with Food is Not Your Fault

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about why perfectionism and diet culture are like two peas in a pod.

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Eating DisordersKatherine MetzelaarNovember 15, 2020Comment
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Reclaiming Joy and Examining Internalized Anti-Fatness
Dear Diet Culture Letter: Reclaiming Joy and Examining Internalized Anti-Fatness

Your Sunday dose of diet culture opinions and thoughtful rantings. This time, we talk about why practicing joy is so important and how diet culture takes that from you.

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Body ImageKatherine MetzelaarNovember 9, 2020Comment
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