The following year, and each year since then, No Diet Day has been celebrated internationally. International No Diet Day dismisses the conviction spread by the media, the medical community, family, friends, and society in general constantly that fat is ugly, fat is unhealthy, and fat is something to lose at all costs. Discrimination in employment, health care, education, and housing exists for fat people. Fat people face accessibility issues daily. This has caused an obsession with dieting everywhere.
Obesity research shows that long-term weight loss is unattainable by most people.
The movement to get people out of the 'diet at all costs' routine, if only for one day. And, educate people on the truths of dieting. No diet Day is celebrated in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Norway, South Africa, Russia, and the United States. And, it brings the size acceptance community together as no other day does. The day is symbolized by a thin blue ribbon.