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It's time to have the 'Fat Talk' with our kids — and ourselves

It's time to have the 'Fat Talk' with our kids — and ourselves

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Virginia Sole-Smith is an author, writer and host of the podcast
Burnt Toast — and her work focuses on our relationship to food and
fat. Her latest book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet
Culture is based on one simple idea: it's okay and normal for kids
to be fat. "What fat kids need is to know that we see them, we
accept them, and we know they are worthy of respect, safety, and
dignity," she writes. "Making their body smaller isn't the
solution."

Virginia sits down with host Brittany Luse to discuss why anti-fat
bias hurts people of all body sizes, why we need to rethink
"unhealthy" foods and how to have the fat talk.

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