{"id":8082,"date":"2025-10-30T15:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsjennaj.com\/?p=8082"},"modified":"2026-01-11T23:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T05:50:14","slug":"what-exactly-is-diet-culture-how-is-it-harmful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsjennaj.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/what-exactly-is-diet-culture-how-is-it-harmful\/","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly Is &#8220;Diet Culture&#8221; &amp; How Is It Harmful?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is diet culture and how is it harmful? I often talk about \u201cdiet culture\u201d and how much I hate it. At the same time I don\u2019t think a lot of people truly understand what I mean when I use this term. &#8220;Diet culture&#8221; is about more than just being on a diet. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In this episode we talk about:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All the sneaky ways diet culture shows up in the world and in our lives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why does this even matter?? How much is diet culture actually hurting you and those you care about?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steps we can take to start to take down diet culture together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links mentioned in this episode:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsjennaj.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/08\/what-is-diet-culture-how-is-it-harmful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2060&#8221;What Is Diet Culture &amp; How Is It Harmful?&#8221;\u2060<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/itsjennaj.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/08\/what-is-diet-culture-how-is-it-harmful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">t\u2060he blog post that inspired this episode\u2060<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/health-at-every-size-the-surprising-truth-about-your-weight-linda-bacon\/193e833f2e1ffa0b?ean=9781935618256&amp;next=t\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/health-at-every-size-the-surprising-truth-about-your-weight-linda-bacon\/193e833f2e1ffa0b?ean=9781935618256&amp;next=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2060Health At Every Size\u2060<\/a>\u00a0(book)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lindobacon.com\/body-respect-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2060Body Respect\u2060<\/a>\u00a0(book)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intuitiveeating.org\/our-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2060Intuitive Eating\u2060<\/a>\u00a0(book)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to connect with me:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsjennaj.com\/index.php\/join-my-email-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2060Join my email list\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsjennaj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2060Visit my website and blog\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsjennaj.com\/index.php\/work-with-me\/\">\u2060How to work with me\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itsjennaj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2060Follow &amp; tag me on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is diet culture and how is it harmful? I often talk about \u201cdiet culture\u201d and how much I hate it. At the same time I don\u2019t think a lot of people truly understand what I mean when I use this term. &#8220;Diet culture&#8221; is about more than just being on a diet. . &#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","slim_seo":{"title":"What Exactly Is \"Diet Culture\" &amp; How Is It Harmful? - It&#039;s Jenna J","description":"What is diet culture and how is it harmful? I often talk about \u201cdiet culture\u201d and how much I hate it. 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