Jamil is a body positivity champion and is now speaking out against Kurbo, a WW app for kids.
Jamil has more than just angry words for the company — she has receipts. “Encouraging children to learn calories and ‘success’ and ‘failure’ in weight loss, and monitor themselves in numbers that they are too young to ingest responsibly. Are we ever old enough to emotionally handle those stupid numbers that don’t tell us much about our actual fucking health at all,” she fumes.
She issues a plea to parents based on her own childhood experiences with diet culture and the damage it can inflict. “If you are a parent and you allow your child at the age of 8, to start ingesting diet culture and fat-phobia by themselves on their phone, then you are fucking up. I was 11 when I was put on my first diet. And it ruined the rest of my life, because I developed an irrational terror of food and fat.
Her rage wasn’t just confined to Instagram — she went off on Twitter as well. “Oh fuck no… are we kidding? Breeding obsession with weight and calories and food at the age of…8?” she said.She also has thoughts on how to truly help kids who need advice on making healthier choices — and it doesn’t include having them enter everything they eat into an app.Jamil is also encouraging people to sign a petition for WW to stop the app.
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