I now know dozens of colleagues who admit they went into careers in nutrition, personal training, or some other aspect of health and wellness because of their own issues with food; in so doing, they closed the door on career options that might have been more lucrative and fulfilling. (Not to mention less potentially harmful to their mental and physical health; working in the health-and-wellness field when you have your own issues is risky, both for yourself and for your clients.) For many of us, diet culture captured our imaginations at moments when our careers were malleable. We may have had
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