The International No Diet Day (INDD) is celebrated on May 06 each year.
This day marks an annual celebration of body acceptance and diversity, and is also dedicated to promoting a healthy life style and raise awareness of the dangers and futility of dieting.
The symbol of the No Diet Day is a blue ribbon, similar to the red ribbon of the World AIDS Day.
International No Diet Day was created by Mary Evans Young in 1992, Mary is the director of the British group “Diet Breakers”.
After personally experiencing anorexia, she worked to help people appreciate themselves for what they are, and to appreciate the body they have.
There are several goals to the INDD:
- Celebrate the beauty and diversity of ALL our natural sizes & shapes;
- Declare a personal one-day moratorium on diet/weight obsession;
- Learn the facts about weight-loss dieting, health, and body size;
- Recognize how dieting perpetuates violence against women;
- Honor the victims of eating disorders and weight-loss surgery;
- Help end weight discrimination, sizism and fatphobia.
What will you be eating this INDD?
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