" There ’s not a whole batch ofeatingthat she describes . It ’s normal to eat up solid food , it ’s normal to chew food , it ’s normal to eat every three hours and have something real . "
Warning: Discussion of restrictive eating, calorie counts, weight loss.
Diet culture in the 2020s is a different beast from what it was before. Even if you’re more likely to see rhetoric around “health,” “clean eating,” and “wellness” than an explicit discussion of weight loss, the underlying tenants of diet culture — namely, abelief systemthat “worships thinness and equates it to health and moral virtue" — are still very much here.
As Christine Byrne write forSelflast year , diet culture " promote weight loss and maintaining a grim weight as a manner to raise societal position , and demonizes certain foods and eating manner while get up others . "
Celebrities have a tremendous influence on the way that we think about our bodies. As registered dieticianSammi Haber BrondotoldBuzzFeedback in March, “Even if [they’re] just saying, ‘This is how I eat,’ the bottom line is [that with] anyone who says how they eat on social media, you [will] have at least one person, if not many, many more, who will use that as an example of, ‘Oh, this is what I should do.'”
There is a risk that a assemblage like this can only serve as a long inclination of inspiration to some folks . My Leslie Townes Hope is that by putting everything in context , the opposite word is unfeigned .
So, here are some celebrities who have said some pretty damaging things in the past few years:
1.WhenGwyneth Paltrowsaid that her daily “wellness” routine involves fasting until midday, bone broth, and a light paleo dinner.
2.And whenHilary Dufflikened her own eating habits to Gwyneth’s, saying, “Sometimes, I try to just drink coffee in the morning and stave off my hunger.”
3.WhenRebel Wilsonsaid that she ate 600 calories a day for “detox purposes.”
4.WhenKim Kardashianlost 16 pounds in 21 days to fit into Marilyn Monroe’s dress at the 2022Met Gala.
5.When Lori Harvey said that she would work out multiple times a day while eating less than 1,200 calories to lose “relationship weight.”
6.When Jason Bateman kept commenting on his and his cohosts’ eating habits on theSmartLess: On the Road.
7.When Chris Martin said he only eats one meal a day to look more “in shape,” like Bruce Springsteen.
8.And when Twitter founder Jack Dorsey said that he only eats seven meals a week.
9.When Jason Derulo revamped Kate Moss’infamousline about being skinny and wrote in his 2023 memoir, “I remind myself that there’s no meal that tastes as good as having a six pack feels.”
10.Finally, celebrities who use Ozempic for weight loss.
If you or someone you love is struggling with an eat on disorderliness , TheNational Alliance for Eating Disorderhelpline can be reached at 866 - 662 - 1235 in the US . The helpline is play by clinicians and offers emotional support for soul and their family , as well as referral for all level of eating disorder maintenance .
