Diet culture is crazy. It’s not a recent phenomenon, of course – it has been with people since people have turned into society. Physical aesthetic has changed wildly over the centuries – you can see it reflected in our art and our media. The change probably has correlated with food availability and/or the rise of consumerism that played on our insecurities.
I personally believe that diet culture is bad – as a culture. There’s nothing inherently wrong with dieting, in order to get yourself a healthier you, mind. My problem is with ‘the culture’ of it. There are insane number of diets shared all over the internet – which are rarely based on solid scientific evidence – supported by a number of ‘nutritionists’ – a term not subject to professional regulation – that work on the basis of selling you a dream of healthier you, instead of making you healthier.