Here's Exactly How To Respond To Food-Shaming Comments During The Holidays
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Prepare yourself in advance of party season with these tips and scripts.
It’s Christmas dinner, and your grandmother points out that you’ve just reached for an extra helping of sweet potato pudding. She asks, “Do you really need an extra helping, dear? You look like you’ve gained some weight.” You feel embarrassed, unsure of how to proceed politely but assertively. You have two options: let folks comment about your food choices and your body, or stop them before they can start.
Whether it’s an accusation of eating too much or not enough, unwanted comments about food and family are fraught. HuffPost spoke with several therapists and nutritionists about how to deal with food shaming in its various forms, including unsolicited comments about quantity of food, diets, body talk and more.
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