<<< 2024 Review >>>
I love this book so much. During this re-read I took a lot of time to go through much of the cited research and started to read more current papers on this topic on my own, and I am so happy about all the things I am learning.
Diet-culture is really messing with the lives of many of us. Believe it or not, but what you eat, and your body fat percentage aren't actually crucial for your wellbeing. 
Diets, including so-called "Wellness Diets" that seem to focus on wellbeing rather than weight loss, do not work for more than 5% of all people who have ever undertaken them in the long term. After 5 years, most people gain back their weight and more. We are sold an idea of ideal weight that does not even exist. Weight is not the health villain it is made to be, the obesity epidemic is not a real thing. What are much bigger determinants of health outcomes are social economic status, experiences of injustice, weight-stigma, and weight cycling.
The book does a great job at distinguishing between correlation and causation.
While talking about so many very important social justice topics that we should focus on instead of worrying about our weights.

I really want to write a longer review on this topic at some point. So far, I just highly recommend Christy Harrison.


<<< 2021 Review >>>
A must-read for every person who thinks monitoring what they eat is important to at least some level. And especially for every person calling themselves intersectional feminist and social justice activist.

I have been listening to Christy's podcast for a while now and really recommend checking that out as well, but this book is all you need for now.

Christy Harrison does a wonderful critique on the history of diet-culture, current research, and how it all plays into social issues and personal mental health.

She is also an excellent writer.
I can't believe this bs is so deep in our (Western) culture. Really hope we can get rid of that on every level.