I'm interviewing Christy Harrison - anti-diet registered dietitian and author of Anti-Diet - about the history of diet culture and beauty standards, the truth about long-term weight loss, how to get started with Intuitive Eating and more. Show notes: summerinnanen.com/170 We discuss: - The history of diet culture and how fat phobia preceded the health arguments that fuel diet culture today, - The evolution of beauty standards and how they were correlated to political shifts happening in women's liberation, - Why conversations on diet culture must be political and why divorcing diet culture is a political act, - Why Christy refers to diet culture as The Life Thief, - The "Obesity" epidemic - how to came into existence, whether there is truth to it and the real impact on the health system, - What the research really says about long-term weight loss, - How to define health, - The impact of weight stigma on health, - The impact of weight cycling on health, - The first steps you need to take to become a more intuitive eater, - Why self-trust and focusing on enoughness must come before evaluating fullness, Plus, so much more! Get the shownotes at summerinnanen.com/170