NEW YORK TIMES // JANUARY 2023
The American Academy of Pediatrics released its first comprehensive guidelines for evaluating and treating children and adolescents with obesity and their recommendations are terrifying.


NEW YORK TIMES // JANUARY 2023
The American Academy of Pediatrics released its first comprehensive guidelines for evaluating and treating children and adolescents with obesity and their recommendations are terrifying.
Virginia Sole-Smith writes about diet culture, anti-fat bias, feminism and health. —AUTHOR of FAT TALK and THE EATING INSTINCT— “Lucky for all of us with bodies, Virginia Sole-Smith is a visionary. She generously guides grown-ups toward unlearning everything we’ve been taught about weight and worth and teaches us to show young people that they are always enough just as they are.” —Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor and Like a Mother
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