Tri Delta seeks help to end Fat Talk.   Along with key partners, Tri Delta is raising the nation’s consciousness about the dangers of  ‘fat talk’ and the impact it has on women’s overall self-image.

Tri Delta, The Center for Living, Learning and Leading, and many other generous partners sponsor the Third Annual Fat Talk Free Week, a campaign geared towards raising the awareness of the damaging impact  of ‘fat talk’ and the ‘thin ideal’ on today’s women.  This year’s End Fat Talk Week shall take place on October 18 to 22, 2010.

Cases of eating disorders is growing fast in number among women and children.  Statements or remarks in our daily conversations anywhere and everywhere – - at home, educational system,  healthcare system, and workplace strengthen society’s unrealistic ‘thin ideal’ view on beauty that results to negative body imagery most especially on women and young girls.

Delta Delta Delta Fraternity‘s very own Susan Woda once said, “Fat talk is any type of statement or thought that reinforces the thin ideal of beauty among women.” Examples of fat talk include remarks like “I am too fat,” “She looks fat in her dress”, “She looks plump in that swim wear”, and a lot more. Sometimes remarks  are spoken in a seemingly positive manner, but just the same they are “fat talk”.  Example:  “You look sexy, are you loosing weight?”

Fat talk may create a long term damaging effect on the person concern – - professionally, personally, physically and spiritually.   It is said that when we have nothing to say towards others, better not say it.

To say “I feel so fat” is just like expressing that we do not embrace and honor our own body.  To say “I feel so fat” is an expression of  our negative thoughts and emotions about body image such as shame, or depression, or  fear  because we feel that we do not meet society’s thin ideal definition of beauty.  Our body is a temple of God, and  to honor our body is to honor Him.  How can we honor and accept  God to dwell in us if we cannot honor and accept His temple, which is our body?.  If God loves us who are His creation, there’s no reason for us to not to love our own body.

To eliminate fat talk, do not dwell on thoughts and conversations that centers on negative body imagery.  Rather, let us focus on thoughts and conversations on something more relevant, positive and healthier topics such as “ways to live a healthy  life”.   Maybe instead of saying “We have to take high fiber diet.”,  we should say  “We need to take high fiber diet because it is healthy.”

The 2010 campaign seeks supporters to disseminate the message of Fat Talk Free Week to your friends and families through Tri Delta’s facebook page, or invite them to share the message of ending fat talk by submitting a video for a chance to win $1000 Best Buy gift card.  In this regard, please visit Tri Delta’s Facebook page.

About Tri Delta: Delta Delta Delta also known as Tri Delta is an international collegiate women’s fraternity founded on November 27, 1888 by Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Florence Isabelle Stewart and Isabel Morgan Breed at Boston University.  It is one of the largest women’s organizations in the world, having 138 chapters in the United States and Canada.  It was founded to establish a perpetual bond of friendship among its members, to develop a stronger and more womanly character, to broaden the moral and intellectual life, and to assist its members in every possible way.

Tri Delta was envisioned as a national organization for, and governed by, women.  Tri Delta today reflects both the vision of their founders and the best practices of non-profit management. For more of Tri Delta, please visit their official website.