HealthNotDiets Digest, Issue 2, 2020
January 3 - January 31, 2020
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Articles & Blogs

When Clothing is More than Fashion
https://medium.com/@thefatshadow/when-clothing-is-more-than-fashion...

Talking of Fat Rights, Is Your Citation Ethical?
https://medium.com/@lucy.aphramor/talking-of-fat-people-is-your-citation-ethical...

'The Biggest Loser' is back on TV. Get ready for ramped-up fat-shaming and dangerous diets.

What we haven't learned from Belle Gibson

Shrill Season 2 Gets to the Mother of All Food Stigmas
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2020/01/shrill-season-2-hulu...

by Oli Williams, Amelia Morris & Fiona Quigley
https://www.cost-ofliving.net/who-are-you-calling-diseased...

'Intuitive eating' is on the rise, and experts say it's because people are fed up with diet culture
https://www.insider.com/what-is-intuitive-eating-does-it-work-2020...

Intuitive Eating: The Not-Diet Diet for People Who Are Sick of Diets
“It’s...not a weight loss plan, no matter what you might’ve read”

I want my daughters to know what I didn't: your weight is not your worth
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/i-want-my-daughters-to-know-what-i-didn-t...

How To Keep Perspective When Everyone Around You Is Dieting
https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/01/how-to-keep-perspective-when-everyone-around-you-is-dieting...

5 Pilates YouTube Videos For Beginners That Are Also Body Positive
https://www.bustle.com/p/5-pilates-youtube-videos-for-beginners-that-are-also-body-positive...

Body-Positive Doctors Exist — It’s Called Practicing HAES
https://medium.com/@cara_harbstreet/jillian-michaels-is-forgetting-one-important-thing...

This Amputee Has Created a Body Positive Blog to Help Normalize Disabilities
“I ... want to normalize disabilities and normalize differences”
https://www.health.com/mind-body/disabilities-body-positivity-blog...

It's Time For PCOS Advocacy To Embrace Fat Activism
https://wearyourvoicemag.com/sex-and-health/pcos-advocacy-fat-activism...

‘The Biggest Loser’ Is One of the Most Harmful Reality Shows on Television
“just one hour of the show left thinner people with an even greater personal dislike of fat people”
https://gen.medium.com/jillian-michaels-and-the-alarming-legacy-of-the-biggest-loser...

Jillian Michaels Is Forgetting One Important Thing
https://medium.com/@cara_harbstreet/jillian-michaels-is-forgetting-one-important-thing...

Do You Actually Need to Floss?
https://elemental.medium.com/do-you-actually-need-to-floss...

Good As Hell Lizzo Spotted Helping Australia's Bushfire Victims
“We had the one and only Lizzo helping us sort and pack hampers in the warehouse today!"

What “Board Certified in Obesity Medicine” Means to Me as a Fat Patient
“The word “obesity” was literally created to pathologize [my] body size.”

The more we watch TV, the more we prefer thinner female bodies, study shows
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/19/health/television-bodies-nicaragua-scli-intl-scn-wellness...
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