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<p>The holiday season, with its parties, buffets, and multi-course feasts, is coming to an end&mdash;which means that the season of abstinence, atonement, and New Year&rsquo;s resolutions is upon us. At least, that&rsquo;s the narrative that diet companies and gyms are eager to foist upon us come Jan. 1&mdash;and no wonder, when the bulk of their industries&rsquo; yearly revenue is made in the first month of the year, as people try (and often fail) to live up to a set of rather arbitrary standards that have little to do with <a href="https://qz.com/quartzy/1510840/a-handy-guide-to-the-toxic-language-of-diet-culture/%20" target="_blank">real health or wellness</a>.</p>

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