How Food Media Talk About Health and Wellness Matters

Why does it often feel so fraught and judgy?

Alicia Kennedy
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8 min readOct 5, 2020

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Two .5 kg dumbbells, measuring tape, and a salad on a rustic wooden table.
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The first time I saw the word “fat” used as a descriptor without a whiff of judgment was when the show Two Fat Ladies was playing on Food Network. It was a BBC show…

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Alicia Kennedy
Heated

I’m a food writer from Long Island based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter on food issues: aliciakennedy.substack.com