The answer lies in , a framework developed by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. It is a 10-principle approach that rejects dieting and rebuilds trust with your body.

A body-positive wellness lifestyle can and should include this nuance. It means advocating for accessible fitness spaces, calling out performative "body positivity" from diet companies, and allowing yourself to have bad body image days without spiraling. The most difficult, liberating truth of the body-positive wellness lifestyle is this: Your body is not a problem to be solved.

Body positivity does mean giving up on your health. It does not mean celebrating obesity, refusing to exercise, or eating processed food for every meal. Critics often frame the movement as an "excuse" for laziness, but that reading misses the point entirely.