INDIA New England News
By Siddhi Jain
New Delhi– According to National Eating Disorders Association, the International No Diet Day on May 6 encourages the rejection of diet culture. This movement, started by Mary Evans Jones in 1992, celebrates the importance of body acceptance, diversity, and respect for all body shapes and sizes.
The day is dedicated to promoting a healthy lifestyle with a focus on health at any size. It aims to eucate people about the right way to diet and not feeling guilty about indulging once in a while; create an acceptance of how your body looks and its uniqueness; and to end weight discrimination.
Tess, 35, opened up about her eating disorder on social media over the weekend in response to her growing frustration with people commenting on her weight.
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I was recently channel surfing when I spotted
Bridget Jones’s Diary rolling through its opening credits. I settled onto the couch to be conned by Hugh Grant’s magnetic smarminess for the umpteenth time, but not eight minutes into my viewing experience, a shocking realization hit me: Bridget Jones, the titular character whose New Year’s resolution is to “lose 20 pounds,” weighs 136 pounds.
In the classic 2001 rom-com, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, we meet our heroine at a low moment following a particularly brutal humiliation at her parents’ New Year’s Day party. “If I didn’t change soon, I was going to live a life where my major relationship was with a bottle of wine, and I’d finally die fat and alone,,” the 32-year-old reflects between sips of vodka while “All by Myself” blasts in the background. The concept of spinsterhood at 32 clearly merits further examination, but there’s something else that needs scrutiny: A core premise o