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,...
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...
How to Raise an Intuitive Eater: Raising the Next Generation with Food and Body Confidence
Sumner Brooks
Paper Book
With the wisdom of Intuitive Eating, a manifesto for parents to help them reject diet culture and raise the next generation to have a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. Kids are born intuitive eaters. Well-meaning parents, influenced by the diet culture that...
Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting and Got a Life
Kelsey Miller
Paper Book
A hilarious and inspiring memoir about one young woman's journey to find a better path to both physical and mental health. At twenty-nine, Kelsey Miller had done it all: crash diets, healthy diets, and nutritionist-prescribed "eating plans," which are diets that you pay more...

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