diet culture

Aubrey tells Mike about the diet that took over New York City (and its bathrooms).

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• F-Factor drama timeline
• What Is the F-Factor Diet, and Is it Safe?
• Tanya Zuckerbrot Sets a Weight-Loss Example
• What Is the F-Factor Diet? Here’s What You Need to Know
• F-Factor Under Fire After TONS Of Women Come Forward
• Tanya Zuckerbrot and an Instagram Crusade Against the F-Factor Diet
• Dietary fiber and health outcomes: an umbrella review
• Closing America’s Fiber Intake Gap
• F-Factor has sent legal threats and deleted Instagram comments
• F-Factor Diet Allegations: What Dietitians Want You To Know
• Correcting the Record
• Unpacking the F-Factor Diet Drama
• Insider rundown of symptoms 
• Tanya Zuckerbrot addresses health concerns
• Insider rundown of workplace issues 
• Tanya Zuckerbrot Files Lawsuit Over F-Factor Diet Criticism on Instagram
• Tanya Zuckerbrot sues Emily Gellis in new defamation suit
• In a Lawsuit, Eight Women Claim the F-Factor Diet Made Them Sick
• Submit concerns to F-Factor

Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

We cannot escape our bodies. So how do we reconcile them with who we really are?

Sam Anderson, a staff writer, considers this particular conundrum of the human condition by recounting his lifelong struggle to maintain a healthy weight: his teenage triumph over the “legendary snacker” he was in middle school, the slow creep of the pounds in early adulthood, and the pandemic’s expansive effect on his waistline.

Anderson also explores what it takes to monitor food consumption, the linguistic legacy of 1980s diet culture, the curse of intergenerational weight problems, the natural limitations of weight-loss efforts and the importance of self-acceptance.

This story was written and narrated by Sam Anderson. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.