From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaInternational No Diet Day (INDD) is an annual celebration of body acceptance and body shape diversity. This day is also dedicated to raise awareness of the dangers in diets. This day is observed on May 6, and its symbol is a blue ribbon, similar to the red ribbon of the World AIDS Day.
The concept of INDD originated at 1992, when British Feminist Mary Evans Young decided to fight the diet industry and to raise awareness of the dangers in anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders.
Goals of the INDD
- Doubt the idea of one “right” body shape.
- Raise awareness to weight discrimination, size bias and fatphobia.
- Declare a free day from diets and obsessions to body weight.
- Present the facts about the diet industry, emphasizing the inefficacy of commercial diets.
- Show how diets perpetuate violence against women.
- Honor the victims of eating disorders and weight-loss surgeries.
Start a conversation with your friends about these important issues!
Download this free printable 8.5″ X 11″ poster for International NO Diet Day, May 6, 2010
Because we are all so much more than the size we wear!
Now there’s a holiday I can get behind. I’ll be celebrating tomorrow for sure.
Thanks for sharing this! I did use it on my blog with a link back here.
I am so glad you found this and shared it!