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How the return of skinniness and dieting is about power

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Clare Trelawny-Gower
September 25, 2025

Body positivity feels out, while being skinny is trending again. Body ideals, eating habits and science have shifted over the centuries, but the pressure for thinness has always been about power, control and discrimination.

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