Has saying you’re on a diet become the new taboo?

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Using a diet to lose weight can prompt negative reactions I’m under no illusions; none of this was “healthy”. open image in gallery Toxic diet culture was rife in the Nineties and Noughties Since then, there has been a move away from “body positivity” and towards “body neutrality” instead – the latter referring to the goal of developing a non-judgmental way of relating to your body, focusing on its abilities rather than its appearance. It’s evolved into body neutrality.” Looking at the younger generation, on the face of it Gen Z seems to eschew the unhealthy “diet culture” that was rife at the turn of the century. They may not use the word “diet”, but TikTok abounds with content around “clean eating”, protein consumption, raw foods, juicing cleanses and “what I eat in a day” videos – from an outside perspective, it looks an awful lot like the same obsession, just repackaged, rebranded and given a 2020s makeover.