Anyone who’s seen Mean Girls knows that health classes in United States high schools, of which this author is a survivor, are taught by coaches and marked by a fear-mongering approach to wellness. Twin to the film’s famous line “Don’t have sex, ‘cause you will get pregnant and die” is “Don’t have a large dinner, ‘cause then you’ll get large, too.” Cousin of the latter commandment is “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”.
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