#anti diet

[fatliberation]

they have a point though. you wouldn't need everyone to accommodate you if you just lost weight, but you're too lazy to stick to a healthy diet and exercise. it's that simple. I'd like to see you back up your claims, but you have no proof. you have got to stop lying to yourselves and face the facts

Must I go through this again? Fine. FINE. You guys are working my nerves today. You want to talk about facing the facts? Let's face the fucking facts.

In 2022, the US market cap of the weight loss industry was $75 billion [1, 3]. In 2021, the global market cap of the weight loss industry was estimated at $224.27 billion [2]. 

In 2020, the market shrunk by about 25%, but rebounded and then some since then [1, 3] By 2030, the global weight loss industry is expected to be valued at $405.4 billion [2]. If diets really worked, this industry would fall overnight. 

1. LaRosa, J. March 10, 2022. "U.S. Weight Loss Market Shrinks by 25% in 2020 with Pandemic, but Rebounds in 2021." Market Research Blog. 2. Staff. February 09, 2023. "[Latest] Global Weight Loss and Weight Management Market Size/Share Worth." Facts and Factors Research. 3. LaRosa, J. March 27, 2023. "U.S. Weight Loss Market Partially Recovers from the Pandemic." Market Research Blog.

Over 50 years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within 3-5 years. And 75% will actually regain more weight than they lost [4].

4. Mann, T., Tomiyama, A.J., Westling, E., Lew, A.M., Samuels, B., Chatman, J. (2007). "Medicare’s Search For Effective Obesity Treatments: Diets Are Not The Answer." The American Psychologist, 62, 220-233. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Apr. 2007.

The annual odds of a fat person attaining a so-called “normal” weight and maintaining that for 5 years is approximately 1 in 1000 [5].

5. Fildes, A., Charlton, J., Rudisill, C., Littlejohns, P., Prevost, A.T., & Gulliford, M.C. (2015). “Probability of an Obese Person Attaining Normal Body Weight: Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records.” American Journal of Public Health, July 16, 2015: e1–e6.

Doctors became so desperate that they resorted to amputating parts of the digestive tract (bariatric surgery) in the hopes that it might finally result in long-term weight-loss. Except that doesn’t work either. [6] And it turns out it causes death [7],  addiction [8], malnutrition [9], and suicide [7].

6. Magro, Daniéla Oliviera, et al. “Long-Term Weight Regain after Gastric Bypass: A 5-Year Prospective Study - Obesity Surgery.” SpringerLink, 8 Apr. 2008. 7. Omalu, Bennet I, et al. “Death Rates and Causes of Death After Bariatric Surgery for Pennsylvania Residents, 1995 to 2004.” Jama Network, 1 Oct. 2007.  8. King, Wendy C., et al. “Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders Before and After Bariatric Surgery.” Jama Network, 20 June 2012.  9. Gletsu-Miller, Nana, and Breanne N. Wright. “Mineral Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery.” Advances In Nutrition: An International Review Journal, Sept. 2013.

Evidence suggests that repeatedly losing and gaining weight is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and altered immune function [10].

10. Tomiyama, A Janet, et al. “Long‐term Effects of Dieting: Is Weight Loss Related to Health?” Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6 July 2017.

Prescribed weight loss is the leading predictor of eating disorders [11].

11. Patton, GC, et al. “Onset of Adolescent Eating Disorders: Population Based Cohort Study over 3 Years.” BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 20 Mar. 1999.

The idea that “obesity” is unhealthy and can cause or exacerbate illnesses is a biased misrepresentation of the scientific literature that is informed more by bigotry than credible science [12]. 

12. Medvedyuk, Stella, et al. “Ideology, Obesity and the Social Determinants of Health: A Critical Analysis of the Obesity and Health Relationship” Taylor & Francis Online, 7 June 2017.

“Obesity” has no proven causative role in the onset of any chronic condition [13, 14] and its appearance may be a protective response to the onset of numerous chronic conditions generated from currently unknown causes [15, 16, 17, 18].

13. Kahn, BB, and JS Flier. “Obesity and Insulin Resistance.” The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Aug. 2000. 14. Cofield, Stacey S, et al. “Use of Causal Language in Observational Studies of Obesity and Nutrition.” Obesity Facts, 3 Dec. 2010.  15. Lavie, Carl J, et al. “Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Factor, Paradox, and Impact of Weight Loss.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 26 May 2009.  16. Uretsky, Seth, et al. “Obesity Paradox in Patients with Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease.” The American Journal of Medicine, Oct. 2007.  17. Mullen, John T, et al. “The Obesity Paradox: Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Nonbariatric General Surgery.” Annals of Surgery, July 2005. 18. Tseng, Chin-Hsiao. “Obesity Paradox: Differential Effects on Cancer and Noncancer Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.” Atherosclerosis, Jan. 2013.

Fatness was associated with only 1/3 the associated deaths that previous research estimated and being “overweight” conferred no increased risk at all, and may even be a protective factor against all-causes mortality relative to lower weight categories [19].

19. Flegal, Katherine M. “The Obesity Wars and the Education of a Researcher: A Personal Account.” Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 15 June 2021.

Studies have observed that about 30% of so-called “normal weight” people are “unhealthy” whereas about 50% of so-called “overweight” people are “healthy”. Thus, using the BMI as an indicator of health results in the misclassification of some 75 million people in the United States alone [20]. 

20. Rey-López, JP, et al. “The Prevalence of Metabolically Healthy Obesity: A Systematic Review and Critical Evaluation of the Definitions Used.” Obesity Reviews : An Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 15 Oct. 2014.

While epidemiologists use BMI to calculate national obesity rates (nearly 35% for adults and 18% for kids), the distinctions can be arbitrary. In 1998, the National Institutes of Health lowered the overweight threshold from 27.8 to 25—branding roughly 29 million Americans as fat overnight—to match international guidelines. But critics noted that those guidelines were drafted in part by the International Obesity Task Force, whose two principal funders were companies making weight loss drugs [21].

21. Butler, Kiera. “Why BMI Is a Big Fat Scam.” Mother Jones, 25 Aug. 2014. 

Body size is largely determined by genetics [22].

22. Wardle, J. Carnell, C. Haworth, R. Plomin. “Evidence for a strong genetic influence on childhood adiposity despite the force of the obesogenic environment” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 87, No. 2, Pages 398-404, February 2008.

Healthy lifestyle habits are associated with a significant decrease in mortality regardless of baseline body mass index [23].  

23. Matheson, Eric M, et al. “Healthy Lifestyle Habits and Mortality in Overweight and Obese Individuals.” Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 25 Feb. 2012.

Weight stigma itself is deadly. Research shows that weight-based discrimination increases risk of death by 60% [24].

24. Sutin, Angela R., et al. “Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality .” Association for Psychological Science, 25 Sept. 2015.

Fat stigma in the medical establishment [25] and society at large arguably [26] kills more fat people than fat does [27, 28, 29].

25. Puhl, Rebecca, and Kelly D. Bronwell. “Bias, Discrimination, and Obesity.” Obesity Research, 6 Sept. 2012. 26. Engber, Daniel. “Glutton Intolerance: What If a War on Obesity Only Makes the Problem Worse?” Slate, 5 Oct. 2009.  27. Teachman, B. A., Gapinski, K. D., Brownell, K. D., Rawlins, M., & Jeyaram, S. (2003). Demonstrations of implicit anti-fat bias: The impact of providing causal information and evoking empathy. Health Psychology, 22(1), 68–78. 28. Chastain, Ragen. “So My Doctor Tried to Kill Me.” Dances With Fat, 15 Dec. 2009. 29. Sutin, Angelina R, Yannick Stephan, and Antonio Terraciano. “Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality.” Psychological Science, 26 Nov. 2015.

There's my "proof." Where is yours?

#inbox #fat liberation #fat acceptance #fat activism #anti fatness #anti fat bias #anti diet #resources #facts #weight science #save

[neptunes-cunt]

i love you consistent meals i love you steady blood sugar i love you little snacks i love you non-diet foods i love you full-fat yogurt i love you sugary drinks i love you intuitive eating i love you full stomach i love you breaking free from diet culture i love you body that just wants to keep me alive

#intuitive eating #anti diet #ed recovery #fuck diet culture #body neutrality #body positive #fat body positivity #midsize #feeders dni pls

[eriklehnsherrific]

in case you need to hear this

workout because its good for your heart, lungs, releases endorphins, and you want to get stronger. not because it’ll make you skinny or make your body look a certain way.

wear sunscreen every day in order to protect yourself from easily preventable and deadly skin cancer, not with the goal of preventing aging (there is nothing wrong with aging or wrinkles; it is a natural part of life and reflection of the life you live).

eat more vegetables because you need the fiber to make you more regular, they help lower your risk of eye and digestive problems, and they help in nutrient re-uptake. not because eating only carbs is “bad” for you. you need a combination of carbs, fruit/veg, protein, fiber, fat, etc for a full balanced diet. 

cut out dairy from your diet if it makes you shit your brains out every single time without fail, not because it will “make you fat”.

drink more water because, despite how annoying it is to be told “just drink water”, it does actually make you feel better if you’re anxious or your head hurts or you don’t have any energy. not because it’ll “flush out your immune system uwu” or it will make your skin clear.

drink green tea because its delicious, not because it’s a “natural detox”. ( “detoxes” aren’t real. your kidneys detoxify your blood for you)

not everything “natural” is automatically healthy for you. not everything “unnatural” is automatically unhealthy/dangerous

cutting out whole food groups and labeling them as “bad for you” in any form is restrictive. if you aren’t allergic to gluten, you don’t need to cut gluten from your diet in order to be healthy. if you were not specifically instructed by a doctor to go keto in order to aid treatment for a disease (such as cancer or epilepsy), you do not and should not go keto. 

do “healthy” things because you deserve to live a long, healthy life. yes, you. your weight doesn’t matter and it has never mattered. you deserve to keep yourself safe. 

#anti diet #anti diet culture #mental health #body neutrality #self care #self love #also note: this is not me saying that being physically healthy/without issue is the only thing a person needs to have value. #people who aren't healthy have value #disabled people have value #everyone has value regardless of their appearance/weight #thats the point #thoughts on diet culture while i am a bit high #listen to me im right

[liberaljane]

Riots not Diets!

Digital illustration of a green scale with the turn needle turned to 'whatever'. Text reads, 'riots not diets.'

#art #feminism #feminist #anti diet #fatphobia #fad diet #fad diets #health #illustration #punk

[sullina]

genuinely insane that diet culture poisoned people will insists that, if they don't diet, they'll just "eat cake all day" or some other type of sweet candy

because... that's not how it works

like, if you completely give up any sort of dieting and go for intuitive eating (meaning: listening to your own body and giving it what it craves), you're probably gonna be eating "unhealthy" at first, because you've been denying your body something it desperately needs.

For one person, that can be sweets.

For another, that can be fast food.

Just imagine literally anything that could potentially deemed "unhealthy" by diet culture, and someone is gonna crave just that once they start intuitive eating.

But back to my point No one is gonna be eating "only cake" if they don't make a conscious effort to monitor every little thing about their diet, because that's not how the human body (or any living body) works. It's your body's job to keep you alive and well. This includes your diet. Your body knows you can't live entirely off of cake. It's gonna crave salty things, too, not just sweet stuff. And by "salty", i mean, like, an actual meal.

And believe it or not, but vegetables? Can be fucking amazing. On the condition that you focus on making a meal that tastes good instead of being "healthy". Believe it or not, but you're gonna benefit more from a vegetable medley that tastes fucking amazing, than you're gonna get from the same vegetables but raw and unseasoned. I'm not kidding, how much you enjoy your food has a real and measurable effect on how many nutrients of said meal you end up absorbing.

Another benefit of intuitive eating I've personally found is that I'm much more willing to try new things, especially new vegetables. Like, I'm seirous, just listening to your body and trusting yourself to know what you need, like how every single living being, including humans, have been surviving for literal millions of years, is actually really good for you. Cutting out entire food groups, because some """health official""" being paid billions of dollars to say that it's unhealthy and what you REALLY need is their company's product, is NOT good for you. At all.

#intuitive eating #body positivity #anti diet

[the-delta-quadrant]

#fat #fat acceptance #fat liberation #fat pride #fat positvity #anti diet

[thepeacefulgarden]

#fuck diet culture #joyful movement #intuitive eating #anti diet #self care #self compassion #mental health

[sillymcrandom]

reminder that being normal about fat people also includes being normal about people that are different than what YOU deem as “acceptable”. unhealthy/disabled fat people, superfat and infinifat people, etc

#fat liberation #fat activism #fat acceptance #cripplepunk #anti diet culture #anti diet #anti fatphobia #anti weight loss culture

[chubbymuffinclub]

ruthsfatspace

"What caused your weight gain? You really let yourself go.

Maybe they're right

I let myself go on anti-depressants despite the side effects, and they saved my life.

I let myself go out to eat and order what sounded good, not what I assumed had the least calories.

I let myself go to the beach without worrying about how I looked.

I let myself go to brunch with friends instead of skipping breakfast.

I let myself go to bed with a full stomach and a happy heart.

So I guess I have let myself go, friends...and you know what? I am absolutely, unapologetically okay with that." - @fullbodiedbekah

#art #fat positive #fat liberation #anti diet

[haleypukanski]

#poster #design #wip #fat liberation #body liberation #queers for fat liberation #body positivity #fat is beautiful #fat is not a bad word #capitalism #capitalism kills #2023 #eco socialism #marxism #class conciousness #environmentalism #fat acceptance #fat rights #anti diet

[fatliberation]

"But I'm dieting, is fat liberation still for me?" Yes... And...

by @drrachelmiller

If you're pursuing intentional weight loss, fat liberation is still for you. If you're pursuing weight loss and are in a fat body, that is so understandable. It's not easy being fat in this world and wanting to move away from oppression makes sense. Here's a gentle reminder that sustainable weight loss isn't possible for the vast majority of people, dieting is a life and time sucking venture, and distancing oneself from oppression is not going to change the oppressive systems.

If you're pursuing intentional weight loss and you're not in a fat body, fat liberation is still for you. And wanting to avoid being in a marginalized and oppressed group is understandable. And dieting is a time and energy thief. And trying to avoid oppression is not going to change oppressive systems. And spending time restricting and trying to prevent weight gain will never set you free. And every time you talk about your diet, share about your desire for weight loss, etc., you are harming your fat friends.

No matter what size body you're in, if you are dieting, you are engaging in anti-fat behaviors and demonstrating anti-fat bias. It's understandable and also we need to call it what it is. You're not bad and you are also causing harm. You make sense and you are also contributing to the oppression of fat people. Both. And.

If you are dieting, you need fat liberation. You may not even be aware of how much you need it because you are being sold the lie that thinness is what will set you free. It won't. It was never going to. Fat liberation is what will set you free. With fat liberation there's no reason to diet. With fat liberation all of the time and energy and money that you've given to the pursuit of weight loss becomes yours again.

If you are dieting and believe in fat liberation for everyone else, I invite you to include yourself. Even if it's not feeling available to you right now. Consider the possibility that you get to be included. Because you are and you do. You need fat liberation and fat liberation needs you.

If you are dieting, fat liberation is still for you. And let's acknowledge that you are engaging in behaviors that contribute to the oppression of fat people. And that dieting isn't liberatory. And that anti-fat bias and the oppression of fat people is what leads you to dieting. You're impacted by it and you're contributing to it. It's complicated and nuanced. And fat liberation still includes you.

#fat liberation #fat activism #fat acceptance #anti-diet #anti diet #anti diet culture #anti fat bias

[growmydarling]

bariatric surgery is a barbaric surgery. filling you with foreign objects to reduce stomach space, banding your esophagus or fundus such that your body interprets its internal pain signals as fullness. cutting your stomach to a tiny size or evn removing it altogether. it leads to vitamin deficiencies and has a high rate of complications including bile leakage, dumping syndrome, osteopenia, abscesses, pancreatitis, and more. the way people are taught to hate their size so much that they would undergo dangerous surgery, and that the medical industry happily tells people where to sign without telling them the full extent of bodily disfigurement, is tragic. while people may have a valid reason to pursue weight loss, we need to look critically at the way bariatric surgery is marketed and performed and explore more holistic options.

#ffa #bariatricsurgery #fat liberation #anti diet

[desultory-suggestions]

Hey!!! Hey you!!! Eat that snack you want but aren’t allowing yourself to enjoy!!! You deserve good food and tasty things!!!

#reminder #ed recovery #mental health #suggestions #self love #anxiety #depression #food #fear foods #anti diet #anti diet culture #diet culture drop out #healing #food positivity

[maryannauger]

#anti diet #body liberation

[liberaljane]

Riots! Not Diets!

Digital illustration using black, white, pink and blue. Text reads ‘riots not diet’ and depicts two fems. On the left is an Asian person wearing a white sweater with a speech bubble that reads ‘I don’t want to hear about your diet.’ On the right is a Black woman wearing a T-shirt that reads, ‘don’t fight yourself fight the patriarchy instead’

#art #feminism #feminist #illustration #body posititivity #anti diet #riots not diets #tw diet #fight the patriarchy #patriarchy #feminist art #graphic art

[aleatoryw]

both keto (high fat no carbs) and low-fat high carb diets are nonsensical to me because clearly carbs and fats were meant to be enjoyed together. pasta with creamy sauce. bread slathered in butter or peanut butter. cookies. this is a no brainer.

#anti diet #if any of you comment on this about how both are meant to be enjoyed ~in moderation~ I'll kick your ass #and i have those converse with the inch thick rubber lifts in the soles so it'll fucking hurt too