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A Certified Nutritionist empowering Filipina's and Latina's to break from diet culture and colonial mentality around food and body image and re-engage with their culture food traditions guilt-free.
decolonizing food and body image in support of mental health.
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The other day I was chatting with my Filipina colleagues, and were discussing the increased levels of anxiety during the holiday season. Body shaming in the Filipinx culture has become normalized that we anticipate it in family gathers.
Body Shaming In the Filipinx Culture
health
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If someone would have told me five hears ago that I'd be utilizing my corporate career experience to support women with their body image, I wouldn't believe it. Did you know that a women's attitude toward her own body image can affect her career?
Body Image Affecting Career Growth
health
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I didn't know I needed to make peace with my body. In my college years, I was determined to be a certain weight and wear a certain size. I was living in the greater Long Beach area in Southern California, and the ideal body image was to be thin.
Making Peace With My Body
lifestyle
- Agnes Constante
"The impact of the value placed on Eurocentric features, such as lighter skin is a prominent example of the repercussions of the Philippines' colonial history on Filipinx American mental health."