016 - Calorie Counting

Harini Iyer -

This episode is inspired by the UK's 2022 decision to make labelling calories on menus compulsory in all restaurants and cafes to increase "healthy eating" ignoring the increase in calorie counting and other disordered eating habits, a problem that disproportionately affects teenage girls.

Among other things we discuss:

  • who is actually benefitting from diet culture?
  • how governments can actually promote healthy eating
  • reasons why people can't afford a healthy lifestyle
  • why does the patriarchy want skinny women (and muscly men)?
  • the obesity epidemic vs internalised fatphobia

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