Can We Please Stop Talking About Famous Women's Eating Habits?

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As Jennifer Aniston hits the headlines for eating 'one crisp' when she's stressed, we need to be careful about sensationalising what women in the spotlight do (or don't) eat

TRIGGER WARNING: this article might be difficult to read for those suffering, or recovering, from eating disorders.wore to the Brit Awards, there was one news line from Jennifer Aniston's recent InStyle interview which everyone seems to be fixating on: she only eats one crisp, or a single M&M, when she's under pressure.

There are now dozens of news articles on it, and a few people making jokes on social media that Jennifer doesn't understand the concept of stress eating.But, actually, fixating on what famous women do - or don't - eat actually isn't very funny. However, for what some might see as harmless, odd - or healthy, even - the consequences are a bit more sinister. Really, in 2021, we shouldn't be discussing famous women and their eating habits - particularly if they could be seen as restrictive. Not only is it reductive - we are not what we eat, regardless of how the old adage goes - but it's dangerous.

I know when I was at my worst point struggling with food, when I was 15 or 16 and already very underweight, I'd very rarely 'treat myself' by having one piece of chocolate. And even then, that piece of chocolate would still fill me up: not with calories, rather worry and guilt.

 

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