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Sabrina Strings, PhD | Rethinking Body Image

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Mindset. Movement. Nutrition. Recovery. Sleep. Turns out the same five tools that pro athletes use to break records can help us all stay healthy, happy and strong. On “Trained,” host Jaclyn Byrer sits down with these athletes — along with psychologists, researchers, physicians, trainers and other experts — to reveal the most powerful, practical and surprising lessons in holistic fitness. With each episode, they dig deep, offering new insights to help us play a better game, run a better race, or just live a better life.

The ideal human body has been commercialized, stigmatized, fetishized and, yes, even racialized. For women, trying to achieve the “perfect” body is an unattainable and often traumatic pursuit that never seems to end. On this episode, Sabrina Strings, PhD, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, explains why this is and helps us understand its impact on our individual and collective sense of well-being. Drawing from her book, Fearing the Black Body, she dives deep into diet culture, fat phobia, body positivity and the unsettled debate: Is obesity a disease?Learn More<ul><li>Explore more of the history and research on the “ideal” female form through Strings’ book, <a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia_sabrina-strings/19770030/?resultid=fec4072f-bf1a-43a8-9ee9-bf2900640fb4#edition=20995396&idiq=34373978" target="_blank">Fearing the Black Body</a>.</li><li>Here’s a quick read: <a href="https://www.endocrineweb.com/news/problems-with-BMI" target="_blank">The Problem With BMI</a> (body mass index).</li><li>Step away from the stereotypes and move in whatever way feels good to you with workouts of all levels in the <a href="https://niketrainingclub.sng.link/D6sko/dpyg/c9dv" target="_blank">Nike Training Club app</a> and guided runs in the <a href="https://niketrainingclub.sng.link/Dra19/0to0d/6lhj" target="_blank">Nike Run Club app</a>.</li></ul>

The ideal human body has been commercialized, stigmatized, fetishized and, yes, even racialized. For women, trying to achieve the “perfect” body is an unattainable and often traumatic pursuit that never seems to end. On this episode, Sabrina Strings, PhD, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, explains why this is and helps us understand its impact on our individual and collective sense of well-being. Drawing from her book, Fearing the Black Body, she dives deep into diet culture, fat phobia, body positivity and the unsettled debate: Is obesity a disease?Learn MoreExplore more of the history and research on the “ideal” female form through Strings’ book, Fearing the Black Body.Here’s a quick read: The Problem With BMI (body mass index).Step away from the stereotypes and move in whatever way feels good to you with workouts of all levels in the Nike Training Club app and guided runs in the Nike Run Club app.

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