diet culture

DIET CULTURE

Diet culture is founded on the belief system that our eating predetermines our weight, shape and size, which are considered measures of our health and self-worth. Although diet culture promotes weight loss, it isn’t just about ‘being on a diet’. It encompasses any thinking that aligns with the culture of dieting; that is eating or other lifestyle behaviours to control our body’s health or appearance. Despite the declaration that ‘it’s not a diet’, many lifestyle programs, elimination protocols, cleaning eating and detoxes are diet culture in disguise.