Shahroo Izadi

The way it was held lightly meant that living in this society was harder because, of course, that came really early.

And so I just thought it was normal to be judging other people's bodies, comparing my body to theirs.

I'd sit on the tube and I'd look like, okay, well, my leg is this big and someone else's leg is this big.

Because I heard the grown-ups would be talking about it.

Plus there was like Jane Fonda videos all the time.

And she's cool.

She's a legend.

So I don't feel like the blame game about that is wrong in any sense, other than for the diet industry.

I have beef with them.

But when it comes to...

People talk about their mums and diet culture and stuff.

We didn't know any better.

And we only know what we know now because those people went through what they went through.

And these are unprecedented times.

We didn't have ultra-processed food.

Stress levels weren't so high.

We didn't have all these different interventions that are making us really confused.

And I think at the time, my mum was much like everyone else's mum.

It was like, I just want to do what I need to do so my kid doesn't get bullied and so my kid has a good life.

And at the time, the criteria was be slim.