Goals of The INDD
There are several goals to the INDD:
- Doubt the idea of one "right" body shape.
- Raise awareness to weight discrimination, size bias and fatphobia.
- Declare a free day from diets and obsessions to body weight.
- Present the facts about the diet industry, emphasizing the inefficacy of commercial diets.
- Show how diets perpetuate violence against women.
- Honor the victims of eating disorders and weight-loss surgery.
- Help end weight discrimination, sizism and fatphobia
Read more about this topic: International No Diet Day
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