Oprah Winfrey has taken responsibility for her role in perpetuating toxic diet culture throughout her career. During a WeightWatchers “Making the Shift” livestream, she admitted to being a significant contributor to the obsession with weight loss. Oprah acknowledged that her emphasis on weight loss through her platforms and media appearances had perpetuated unrealistic beauty standards.
… One of her biggest regrets was a 1998 episode where she displayed 67 pounds of animal fat on stage to represent the weight she had lost. She said this display inadvertently sent a harmful message about extreme dieting.
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