Reading on… nutrition and dieting

Please bear in mind that throughout these articles there are various references to weight, body image, dieting, eating disorders, and numerous instances of fatphobia, including many references to obesity as an epidemic to be cured. I do not condone this.

The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie http://gu.com/p/4t6xc/stw (I included this less to argue about whether it is sugar or fat that is Actually Bad but because I am forever mouth agape at bad science, government policy, and misrepresentation to the public. For more, see the book Bad Science https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-Ben-Goldacre/dp/000728487X)

Why diets don’t actually work, according to a researcher who has studied them for decades http://wpo.st/vlAY1

No diet, no detox: how to relearn the art of eating | Bee Wilson http://gu.com/p/4fahq/stw

Diet Foods Are Tanking. So The Diet Industry Is Now Selling ‘Health’ http://n.pr/1P4nDh5

Our Imaginary Weight Problem http://nyti.ms/Udeug0

Purity, cleanliness, guilt and modern diets http://gu.com/p/4gzgx/stw

The problem with diet books written by doctors http://www.vox.com/2016/3/24/11296168/down-with-diet-books?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=feature%3Atop&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight http://nyti.ms/1TeVWnG

And a very good thread on that article: https://twitter.com/kingdomofwench/status/727148219793346560

You Can’t Trust What You Read About Nutrition http://53eig.ht/1ZMzqZ4

Finally, a reminder: What I’ve learned about diets: punishing your body is not taking care of it | Lindy West http://gu.com/p/4fjk5/stw