Such scrutiny is the product of diet culture, the influences and messages that affect how we eat, based on cultural pressure to attain an ideal body type, experts say.
And with increasing changes in access to food, exercise and health care, people’s weight is becoming more out of their individual control, she added.
A 2019 meta-analysis showed that more than 80% of weight loss is regained after five years.
One idea is that diet culture keeps a check on power.
Comments and criticisms you make about other people’s bodies also influence the way you feel about your own body, Conason said.
Persons:
Oprah Winfrey, Whitney Trotter, Trotter —, —, Winfrey, Alexis Conason, ” Conason, Charles Bennet, Kimmie Singh, “, ” Singh, Trotter, Conason, ”, Chika, Anekwe, ” Anekwe, ’ ” Trotter, Bri Campos, Lizzo, Kelly Clarkson, Winfrey –, Singh, it’s, Campos, Oprah, ” Campos
Organizations:
CNN, Weight Center, Harvard Medical School
Locations:
New York City, New York, Austin , Texas, Massachusetts, Boston, Paramus , New Jersey