Down with Diet Culture

Books that discuss diet culture, the harm it can inflict, and how to overcome it.
Updated October 2, 2022
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Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body.
Jessamyn Stanley
Paper Book
From the unforgettable teacher Jessamyn Stanley comes Every Body Yoga, a book that breaks all the stereotypes. It's a book of inspiration for beginners of all shapes and sizes: If Jessamyn could transcend these emotional and physical barriers, so can we. It's a book for readers already doing yoga,...
Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
Linda Bacon
Paper Book
Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates "thin" with "healthy" is the problem. The solution? Health at Every Size. Tune...
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
Sonya Renee Taylor
Ebook
"To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves...'The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace."  -...
Fitness for Every Body: Strong, Confident, and Empowered at Any Size
Meg Boggs
Ebook
From body-positive Instagram influencer and content creator Meg Boggs, an inclusive and empowering fitness and lifestyle guide to inspire readers of every shape and size. For years, Meg Boggs believed the narrative told to her by society: she thought that as a plus...
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Evelyn Tribole
Paper Book
First published in 1995, Intuitive Eating has become the go-to book on rebuilding a healthy body image and making peace with food. We've all been there--angry with ourselves for overeating, for our lack of willpower, for failing at yet another diet. But the problem is...
Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body
Kate Harding
Ebook
From the leading bloggers in the fat-acceptance movement comes an empowering guide to body image- no matter what the scales say. When it comes to body image, women can be their own worst enemies, aided and abetted by society and the media. But Harding and Kirby, the leading...
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Sabrina Strings
Audiobook
Body Talk: How to Embrace Your Body and Start Living Your Best Life
Katie Sturino
Paper Book
Learn to love yourself and your body with this interactive guide from the "shame-free, fun, cheerful, and no-nonsense" (Bustle) body acceptance advocate and influencer who founded Megababe beauty. "Brilliant, hilarious, adorably illustrated."-Goop Can...
More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament
Lexie Kite
Audiobook
"Positive body image isnt believing your body looks good; it is knowing your body is good, regardless of how it looks"--
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
Virginia Sole-Smith
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Book Riot best book of 2023 A Science Friday best book of 2023 An Audible best well-being audiobook of 2023 By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that "fat" is bad. By middle...
Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
Ruby Tandoh
Paper Book
In this bestselling tour de force of a culinary manifesto, Great British Bake Off alum and former Guardian columnist Ruby Tandoh will help you fall back in love with food--from a great selection of recipes to straight-talking, sympathetic advice on mental health and body image...
You Have the Right to Remain Fat
Virgie Tovar
Ebook
"In this bold new book, Tovar eviscerates diet culture, proclaims the joyous possibilities of fatness, and shows us that liberation is possible." --Sarai Walker, author of Dietland Growing up as a fat girl, Virgie Tovar believed that her body was something to be fixed. But...
Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting and Got a Life
Kelsey Miller
Ebook

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