Virginia Sole-Smith

Virginia Sole-Smith is an American journalist and author who writes about diet culture, weight stigma and the way society pressures people — especially women and children — to conform to narrow body ideals. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American and many other publications. Fat Talk examines how diet culture infiltrates family life and harms children's relationships with food and their bodies, drawing on research, reporting and personal experience. Sole-Smith writes with clarity and conviction, challenging assumptions that most people have never questioned. Her audiobooks and books are essential listening for parents, educators and anyone interested in rethinking what health really means in a culture obsessed with thinness.