#196: Diet Culture's Racist Roots with Sabrina Strings, Sociologist and Author of Fearing the Black Body

#196: Diet Culture's Racist Roots with Sabrin...

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDSChristy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS

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