Thank you to NetGalley and BenBella books for the advanced review copy of this book

I want to start this review by saying the intended audience for this book is queer BIPOC. Dalia is a pansexual, genderqueer, black Registered Dietician. And Dalia created this book that the anti-diet/Health at Every Size (HAES) community needed. And while I am not the intended audience for this book, I am so glad I was able to read it and learn so much from it.

I have read several books centered on anti-diet/HAES topics, so some of the information presented in this book was not new. Yet, I still learned so much. Dalia focuses on how the colonization of wellness has disproportionately excluded marginalized communities (e..g, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ folks). Fatphobia disproportionately focuses out BIPOC as compared to white cis people. One thing I found interesting was when Dalia details how microaggressions contribute negatively to a person’s health.

“Policing the behavior of marginalized folks under the guise of protecting them is a symptom of white supremacy, not a legitimate public health intervention.”

There are reflection/journaling prompts throughout that are so good. This book is so well written. Dalia uses personal examples and examples from others to provide context. Dalia covers everything from joyful movement to reshaping how your relationship with food to self love.

This book was a call-in for me to reflect on how I think and have privilege in healthcare spaces, even as a fat person, because I am white.

I cannot recommend this book enough. Whether you’ve read many #AntiDiet books or you’ve read none. This is a book the world needed.