Happy International No Diet Day - 06th May

[Deepak Kiran]

On May 6, International No Diet Day is celebrated to promote body acceptance and body shape diversity. Around the globe, unattainable and unrealistic body standards have resulted in people suffering from mental and physical health issues related to it.

 

[Ihsan]

Actually unhealthy living standards have made the rise of obesity and lifestyle based diseases common in the past decade.
A balanced diet is to be followed not to meet any standard set by a super model or an athlete but inorder to live a healthy life.
This day came to being because of a woman who battled anorexia--- which is an eating disorder and it causes the person to obsess about weight and what they eat and hence they become extremely pale and have an unusual body( refer the machinist movie). This is treatable.
But people take this day as an excuse and the excuse of "you have no right to body shame us" to live an unhealthy life style.
A certain level of body shaming is required by our close ones to keep us in check, to keep us healthy and to keep us alive!