Diet Culture Dropout aims to break down the pervasive cultural narrative that revolves around dieting and disordered relationships with food and body image. By dropping out of diet culture we can celebrate all bodies and work towards dismantling weight stigma. Together, let's stop the transgenerational trauma of body shame and dieting.
Atheana takes a non-diet, Health At Every Size and Intuitive Eating approach. This is a safe space for exploration, mindful moments and take-home practices for anyone looking to find food and body peace for themselves or their family.
98. Weight Stigma Awareness Week: Bias, Bodies, and Breaking the Cycle with Atheana Brown
This episode of Diet Culture Dropout dives into Weight Stigma Awareness Week (September 8th onward), unpacking the deep-seated anti-fat bias embedded in our culture and its real-world consequences. Did you know weight stigma has actually increased by 60% in North America since the 2000s, even as other forms of bias have declined?The conversation covers how weight stigma shows up everywhere: in healthcare dismissals, workplace "wellness challenges," school bullying (where weight-based teasing ranks as the most common form), and media tropes that reduce fat characters to punchlines. The host shares personal reflections from a parent council survey, TikTok discourse, and years of clinical experience as a weight-inclusive, HAES-aligned practitioner.Listeners are given practical tools: Harvard's free Implicit Association Test (IAT) to explore their own automatic biases, the documentary Your Fat Friend by Aubrey Gordon (now streaming on Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube, and CBC Gem) as a powerful firsthand look at living in a fat body, and free virtual events from the Body Equity Alliance and Within Health. The episode closes with a compassionate reminder: awareness is the starting point, not the endpoint — and if weight stigma has affected your relationship with food, body, or healthcare, you deserve support from providers who see you as a whole person.
Resources Mentioned:
Weight Stigma Awareness Week (https://weightstigmaawarenessweek.org/)
Harvard Implicit Association Test – Weight ('Fat–Thin') IAT: (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/demo.canada/ca.static/takeatest.html)
A movie to add to your watch list: Aubrey Gordon's documentary, Your Fat Friend. (https://gem.cbc.ca/your-fat-friend)
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25 Aug 2026
97. Protein Mania: When Diet Culture Gets a Wellness Rebrand
Protein is everywhere. From protein coffee and cereal to bars, popcorn and even cocktails, we've become obsessed with maximizing one nutrient. But do we actually need more protein—or have we forgotten about carbohydrates, fibre, fats and enough overall food?
1 Jul 2026
97. Exploring Male Perspectives on Diet Culture with Bhavin Mistry
In this episode I interview Bhavin, a rare male registereddietitian based in Waterloo, Ontario. Bhavin shares his non-linear journey to becoming a dietitian and dives into the cultural and societal pressures men face regarding diet and body image. Exploring Eurocentric norms and diet culture on South Asian diets. Bhavin also addresses common myths about South Asian diets and the carnivore diet. He highlights the importance of seeking credible sources for health information and emphasizes setting boundaries around harmful dietary comments within cultural contexts.
Connect with Bhavin:
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/breadbhavandbeyond/?hl=en)
Linked In (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/bhavin-mistry-dietitian)
Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@themistry.rd)
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