Don’t serve your teens disorderly food this holiday season
(CNN) - "I have a few spots for anyone who wants to lose 20 pounds by the holidays! No diets, exercise or cravings!"
Ads for these types of diet and exercise programs started appearing in my social media feeds in early October 2022, often accompanied by photos of women pushing shopping carts full of Halloween candy, meant to represent the weight they no longer carry.
Whether it's intermittent fasting or "cheat" days, diet culture is spreading wildly and peaking especially among young women and girls, a population at particular risk from social pressure and misinformation.
The fact that ...