Nutrióloga Intuitiva

World Eating Disorders Action Day

Prevention starts long before symptoms appear.

The way we talk about food, bodies, weight, and health can have a powerful impact on how people relate to themselves.

Here are some ways we can help create a healthier relationship with food and body image:

❣️ Avoid commenting on other people's bodies, weight, or appearance — even when it sounds like a compliment.

❣️ Remember that health cannot be determined by body size alone.

❣️ Stop labeling foods as "good" or "bad."

❣️ Teach children to trust their hunger and fullness cues instead of following rigid food rules.

❣️ Avoid using food as a reward, punishment, or tool for control.

❣️ Encourage movement for joy, strength, energy, and well-being not to "earn" or "burn off" food.

❣️ Create environments where people feel valued for who they are, not for how they look.

Eating disorders do not discriminate. They can affect people of all ages, genders, body sizes, and backgrounds.

Today, let's choose empathy over judgment, support over stigma, and compassion over criticism.

💜 Prevention starts with the conversations we have every day.

"Everything is going well…
but in the late afternoon or evening, the anxiety for ‘a little something’ shows up.”

If you relate to this, it does NOT mean you’re doing anything wrong.

Very often, it’s:
- fatigue
- accumulated stress
- real hunger that was ignored earlier
- a need to pause

Working on your relationship with food also means learning to listen to these moments, not fight against them.

Cuéntame al terminar:
¿Qué aprendiste de tu historia con las dietas?

Porque tu historia importa.
Y quizá este año, la transformación comienza rompiendo el ciclo, no repitiéndolo.

Estas fechas no son para controlar cada comida…
son para reconectar contigo.

Recordatorio importante:
No necesitas “compensar” lo que comes.
No necesitas tenerle miedo a la comida.
No necesitas castigarte con ejercicio.

Tu cuerpo merece respeto, descanso, disfrute y presencia.
La comida no es el enemigo; la culpa tampoco es tu destino.
Puedes elegir la paz, incluso en temporada navideña.

Cuéntame en los comentarios:
¿Qué recordatorio amoroso necesitas escuchar hoy?

Si este mensaje te resonó, guarda la publicación para volver a ella cuando lo necesites.
Y si quieres más contenido como este, sígueme para aprender a relacionarte con la comida desde la compasión, no desde el control.