from Miriam Berg, Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
The International No Diet Coalition represents groups,
professionals, and individuals who are working in the
various fields related to size acceptance, health at any
size, anti-dieting, eating disorders awareness, self-esteem,
and body image. There are more than 500 coalition members,
all of whom endorse these goals:
To protest our culture's
obsession with dieting and weight loss
To combat the
influence of the media and of the diet and fashion
industries which promote those obsessions
To educate
individuals and health care practitioners that their goal
should be overall health and well-being, rather than
weight loss for its own sake
To proclaim our
independence from society's narrow standards of
attractiveness
To celebrate the
diversity of body sizes and shapes
International
No Diet Day is celebrated each year on May 6th.
Events are planned and carried out locally, and groups
around the country and around the world have sponsored
everything from candlelight vigils to scale smashing
contests, educational workshops and speeches, and street
theater. One group is calling local bookstores asking
them to display anti-diet books for that week. Another
group encourages women to clean out their closets of
clothing they've been keeping "until they got thin",
then collects and donates the clothing to women's shelters.
For more information on INDD, click here.
