The PUSH Podcast Season 1 Episode 11: New Year's Resolutions - Helpful or Harmful?

The New Year is upon us, which means that we will soon be seeing a barrage of marketing from the diet industry selling their latest lose weight quick schemes.

Where did New Year’s resolutions come from? Are they a good thing? A bad thing? Should I make a New Year’s resolution this year?

In this episode we talk about:

  • Our own experiences with New Year’s resolution and diets

  • The history of New Year’s resolutions

  • The lies we’ve been told about diets and weight loss

  • Ways to move toward feeling better in your own skin

  • Pondering what would happen if Pepto Bismol had the reverse effect of its marketed intended purpose

Listen in and let us know what you think!

References made in this episode:

The History of New Year’s Resolutions” by Sarah Pruitt via www.history.com

United States Weight & Loss Diet Control Market Report 2019

Ragen Chastain

International Journal of Eating Disorders

The Weight of the Evidence

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