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Nechama Chaya ([personal profile] med_cat) wrote2024-04-03 06:28 pm

Four for Wednesday: Nutrition, Memoirs, and Relationships

As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice

General Mills warns of ‘food shaming’; dietitian influencers promote junk foods and discourage weight loss efforts, from The Washington Post

3 new memoirs tell stories of struggle and resilience

‘This American Ex-Wife,’ ‘Everywhere the Undrowned’ and ‘The Manicurist’s Daughter’ delve into the challenges of knowing oneself and one’s family, also from The Washington Post

It Took Divorce to Make My Marriage Equal

I spent 12 years fighting for an equal partnership, when what I needed was a divorce, by Lyz Lenz, in Glamour (yes, she's the author of "This American Ex-Wife")

The All-American Father

When I became a father, I felt a torrent of love, pride, and terror. Now, looking back on the rules of manhood that shaped how my own father raised me, I wonder: did he love me the same way? (from Esquire)