The anti-diet motion urges folks to reject restrictive diets and embrace self love and acceptance round weight. An investigation by The Washington Submit and Examination discovered that enormous meals corporations had been recruiting anti-diet influencers to advertise sugary cereals and processed meals.
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The anti-diet motion urges folks to reject restrictive diets and embrace self love and acceptance round weight. An investigation by The Washington Submit and Examination discovered that enormous meals corporations had been recruiting anti-diet influencers to advertise sugary cereals and processed meals.
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Lately, the physique positivity motion has raised it is profile, particularly on social media largely by self-described anti-diet and physique positivity influencers.
These influencers and others like them signify a pivot away from the weight loss program and health tradition embodied by corporations like weight watchers, which focuses on shedding pounds as a path to more healthy dwelling.
Right this moment there’s a broad “anti-diet” motion that posits that our bodies may be wholesome at any measurement. However some are attempting to co-opt this motion.
An investigation by The Washington Submit and the Examination discovered that enormous meals corporations are recruiting these influencers to advertise sugary cereals and processed snacks.
As people who find themselves a part of the anti-diet motion noticed a chance to follow and unfold a message of self-love and acceptance, large meals corporations noticed a chance to become profitable.
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