By blaming every health problem on “ob*sity,” we do a disservice to everyone’s health.
Content Warning: Discussion of fatphobia and frequent use of “O-words” in the context of scientific research. Please note that I use “ob*sity” when it’s necessary to …
Q: I’m having a struggle that’s very confusing to navigate: I’m a woman in a larger body. And I’m raising a 3.5 year old boy who will not gain weight!
I have been told to add half-and-half to his mac …
Q: I’m a 40-year-old woman who has hated my body all my life. Since my daughter was born 11 years ago, I’ve begun to heal from my disordered eating and realize that the diet industry is a big capitalist scam. …
Q: I credit Barbie with my eating disorder (well, not sole responsibility, but some…). Now my daughter is also obsessed. She turned 8 this week and although I asked for experiences rather than tangible gifts, my mother-in-law went and got …
Hello, it’s another week, and that means there is yet another hand-wringing article making the rounds about “the other pandemic” lurking just underneath (or behind? the metaphors get quite mixed here; the Washington Post decided on “intertwined with”) the Covid-19 …
Q: My wife and I never talk about dieting, never say negative things about our bodies, and never use the words “thin” or “fat” to describe bodies (our own or anyone else’s), because we both struggled with body image issues …
Q: How do I respond when really young kids talk about dieting?
A: I always know it’s time to newsletter a question when I get asked it a bunch of different times. One mom DM-ed me because her 8-year-old was …
Q: My 13-year-old would eat the entire box of Oreos. What should I do?
A: Pour a glass of milk so they can dunk them?
Don’t worry. That’s not my whole answer. But it’s also not a bad idea. I …
One of my favorite things about the ob#sity epidemic,* is the way certain statistics get repeated so often, by so many sources, that eventually they just sort of bake into our collective subconscious as truth… even though most people using …
Q: How do I help my thin tween girl navigate comments on how much she eats (A LOT) from friends?
A: One of the most irritating manifestations of our culture’s obsession with thinness is how it results in people feeling …
An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today’s toxic food culture.
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