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Where a real doctor - who really recovered from an eating disorder - talks about your real struggles with food, body image, and weight.
Straight talk from the professional and personal perspective...
Ep. 250 From Snack Ads to Sitcom Jokes: How Media Fed Eating Disorders
Behind The Bite
36 minutes 4 seconds
2 months ago
Ep. 250 From Snack Ads to Sitcom Jokes: How Media Fed Eating Disorders
In this special milestone episode, Dr. Cristina Castagnini celebrates the 250th episode of Behind the Bite! Unlike most episodes, today it’s just Dr. Cristina—no guest—reflecting on the journey of this podcast and diving into one of the most insidious forces impacting our body image and relationship with food: media-driven diet culture.
Dr. Cristina unpacks decades of harmful ads, reality TV shows, fashion campaigns, and celebrity influences that have shaped our collective beliefs about health, beauty, and worth. From the infamous “Are You Beach Body Ready?” campaign to The Biggest Loser, Friends, and TikTok diet trends, she reveals how fatphobia has been sold to us through shame, humor, and exclusion.
This raw and passionate solo episode is both a celebration of how far the podcast has come and a call to keep questioning the messages we’re fed. Whether you’ve been here since episode one or are joining for the first time, this episode will empower you to see through the myths, challenge stigma, and reclaim your worth beyond the scale.
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Behind The Bite
Where a real doctor - who really recovered from an eating disorder - talks about your real struggles with food, body image, and weight.
Straight talk from the professional and personal perspective...
