From Dieting to Disorder

We live in a diet-minded culture. The annual revenues of our diet industry exceed $60 billion. About 90 million people in the United States are on a diet each year, which is almost one-third  of our nation’s population. Daily, our technology and media offer a relentless flow of messages: we need to “lose weight,” “get…Read more »

Diet Snapshots

Interesting idea and art… Photographer, Stephanie Gonot in Los Angeles, created various photo representations of fad diets, past and present. This got me thinking–in images–about our contemporary health and diet practices in society… Imagine your own current diet-art, and take a mental snapshot. What thoughts or feelings does your image bring up for you now?…Read more »