Fresh Take: Virginia Sole-Smith on Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture

Once we know what anti-fat bias is, it's easy to see it everywhere: in our schools, our doctors' offices, even in our own parenting. Virginia Sole-Smith, author of the new book Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, explains the perniciousness of anti-fat bias and how we can start to move away from its toxic messages.

Virginia Sole-Smith is also the author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America. Virginia's reporting on diet culture, health and parenting has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, and many other publications. Virginia also writes the popular anti-diet newsletter Burnt Toast and hosts the Burnt Toast Podcast.

Virginia, Amy, and Margaret discuss:

• What anti-fat bias really is— and why it's everywhere
• How anti-fat bias shows up in parenting
• How we can identify and navigate anti-fat bias as people and as parents

Here's where you can find Virginia:

• virginiasolesmith.substack.com
• @v_solesmith on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok
• Burnt Toast Podcast
• Buy Virginia's book: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781250831217

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