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The Shortcomings of BMI As a Vaccine Eligibility Metric

Should we really be putting high BMI in the same category as pulmonary disease and cancer?

Feb 24, 2021

The Shortcomings of BMI As a Vaccine Eligibility Metric

Feb 24, 2021

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How Fatphobia Is Leading to Poor Care in the Pandemic

Weight stigma in health care can impact the care people get for Covid-19

Jan 11, 2021

How Fatphobia Is Leading to Poor Care in the Pandemic

Jan 11, 2021

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The Pandemic Is Heightening Diet Culture for Men

Men aren’t part of the body positivity movement, but they need to be

May 13, 2020

The Pandemic Is Heightening Diet Culture for Men

May 13, 2020

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Can the Fitness Industry and Body Positivity Coexist?

There’s a movement to make fitness a safe space. Whether the industry will ever fully embrace body positivity remains an open question.

Jan 15, 2020

Can the Fitness Industry and Body Positivity Coexist?

Jan 15, 2020

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Body Positivity Is Lost on YouTube

Traditional media has come a long way on self-acceptance. But the message is muddied in online spaces

Oct 23, 2019

Body Positivity Is Lost on YouTube

Oct 23, 2019

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Who’s Considered Thin Enough for Eating Disorder Treatment?

Anorexia has serious implications at any weight, but heavier patients face a pervasive, harmful stigma

Aug 5, 2019

Who’s Considered Thin Enough for Eating Disorder Treatment?

Aug 5, 2019

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The Rise of Elective Sobriety

People are giving up drinking — even when they don’t have a problem

Apr 10, 2019

The Rise of Elective Sobriety

Apr 10, 2019

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How the Eco-Food Movement Mass-Markets Eating Disorders

As locavorism, veganism, and other healthy food trends took off, some of the people who pushed them the hardest suffered the most

Nov 12, 2018

How the Eco-Food Movement Mass-Markets Eating Disorders

Nov 12, 2018

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The People Who Are Afraid of Food

New kinds of eating disorders feed off our cultural obsession with healthy diets

Jun 27, 2018

The People Who Are Afraid of Food

Jun 27, 2018

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Writing Your Business Plan, Part 2

Mar 19, 2013

Mar 19, 2013

Virginia Sole-Smith

Virginia Sole-Smith

Author of THE EATING INSTINCT and forthcoming FAT KID PHOBIA. Newsletter: https://virginiasolesmith.substack.com/ Everything else: https://virginiasolesmith.com

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