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Dieted: Unlearning Lessons From Thin-Obsessed Culture

An illustration of a man sitting in front of an empty plate, holding a fork. A thought bubble leads to a picture of health food, diet books, other food, and a person's feet on a scale. The images are linked in a dotted circle. A title reads: "Dieted."
Charnel Hunter

Diet culture is the water we're all swimming in. Anita unpacks the science that props it up with a registered dietician and certified internal medicine physician. She also hears how folks are pushing back against the ways it manifests in the doctor's office, on the trails, and in the gym.

Meet the Guests:

  • Christy Harrison, an anti-diet registered dietician and a certified intuitive eating counselor takes us inside the history she explores in her book:
  • Dr. Louise Metz, an internal medicine physician and the in Chapel Hill, NC talks about being a Health At Every Size healthcare provider
  • Mirna Valerio, also known as is an ultrarunner, marathoner and the author of which tells the story of her experience as an athlete in a fat body
  • Ilya Parker, a physical therapist assistant, certified medical exercise specialist, and the owner of talks about building an online education resource for breaking down toxic fitness and diet culture
  • Natalia Petrzela, a at The New School in New York City shares the history of fitness culture

Go deeper with the Anti-Diet series discussion guide!

Read the transcript 

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Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
Josie Taris left her home in Fayetteville in 2014 to study journalism at Northwestern University. There, she took a class called Journalism of Empathy and found her passion in audio storytelling. She hopes every story she produces challenges the audience's preconceptions of the world. After spending the summer of 2018 working in communications for a Chicago nonprofit, she decided to come home to work for the station she grew up listening to. When she's not working, Josie is likely rooting for the Chicago Cubs or petting every dog she passes on the street.
Charlie Shelton-Ormond is a podcast producer for ¹ÏÉñapp.
Kaia Findlay is the lead producer of Embodied, ¹ÏÉñapp's weekly podcast and radio show about sex, relationships and health. Kaia first joined the ¹ÏÉñapp team in 2020 as a producer for The State of Things.