Diet culture is a collection of ideas and values prizing thinness, erroneously equating health with thinness, and suggesting that our body sizes and shapes are changeable – if we just try hard enough.

Dieting has been shown to be ineffective and is often more likely to lead to weight gain than loss over time.

There are many negative consequences associated with following food fads and diets, from the distraction they create in our lives to the money they cost us.

It is possible to change your eating and activity behaviors and doing so may improve your health, but may not necessarily change your body size and shape significantly.