30 Seconds SummaryBRIDGING THE GAP, PART II: Dangers Of Dietary Restraint
- The article highlights the dangers of dietary restraint and promotes adaptive styles of eating like Intuitive Eating and Health At Every Size (HAES).
- Dieting, characterized by severe food restrictions, often leads to increased BMI, binge eating, and a negative self-image impacted by media portrayals of ideal body types.
- Rigid dietary control, such as calorie counting and fasting, versus flexible control like portion monitoring, shows complex correlations with disordered eating patterns.
- Both Intermittent Energy Restriction (IER) and Macro-tracking, forms of flexible control, have their own risks including potential for disordered eating.
- High-risk populations such as bodybuilders and athletes often face psychological and physical issues due to intense dietary restrictions and body image pressures.
- The article criticizes the conventional dieting approach advocating for weight-neutral perspectives which focus on health behaviors without emphasizing weight loss.
Renaissance Periodization
Dr. Gabrielle Fundaro, PhD
