Channel 4 has been accused of promoting “damaging” ideas about weight with the launch of new series Lockdown Diet.
However, Lockdown Diet’s premise came under fire online as critics accused the series of both trivialising the coronavirus and “body shaming” viewers during such a stressful time.
Making people feel shame for putting on weight when the world seems hard enough already with a pandemic going on.
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