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The Trouble with Promoting “Joyful” or “Enjoyable” Movement

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Ragen Chastain
Feb 5, 2022
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The Trouble with Promoting “Joyful” or “Enjoyable” Movement

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This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! Today I want to talk about fitness, and particularly the idea that we should push the concept of “joyful” or “enjoyable” movement, or that engaging in joyful or enjoyable movement is a requirement for practicing weight-neutral health/Health at Every Size. This is often done by well-intentioned folks (including, to varying degrees, me in the past,) but it does harm, which is why I want to talk about it.

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