Ep 167| Diet Culture, Eating Disorders & Our Children

MusclesMascaraMotherhood · May 9, 2025 · 40m

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''You’d be so pretty if you lost a little weight.”

“I was 8 when I first went on a diet.”

These aren’t rare stories. They’re everyday realities for far too many girls.

In this episode of Muscles, Mascara, Motherhood, we’re talking about eating disorders—not just the clinical definitions, but where they really begin:

..The body comments said in passing ...The diets we watched our mums go on

...The shame we learned to carry, long before we understood it

We’ll explore:

The science behind the most common eating disorders

Red flag behaviors in kids and teens

Stats every parent and…