February 2015

“Poodles are Great, but Poodle-Centric Health Policy is a Nightmare”: ASDAH Critiques Science on Health and Weight

February 23, 2015October 15, 2020

by Amy Herskowitz, MSc Back in September of 2013, I was positively struck by a commercial on TV with anti-diet messaging for the Go Girls! initiative co-created by Cheerios in Canada. Despite… Read More »“Poodles are Great, but Poodle-Centric Health Policy is a Nightmare”: ASDAH Critiques Science on Health and Weight

Finding Support In Your Community

February 12, 2015October 15, 2020

by Amy Herskowitz, MSc For the last 18 months of my father’s life, he was severely physically disabled from a terminal, neurodegenerative disease. He went from being a tall, strapping… Read More »Finding Support In Your Community

Helping Students with Anti-Bias Projects

February 5, 2015October 15, 2020

by Miriam Villchur Berg In my work with the Council on Size & Weight Discrimination, I answer emails from students on all levels, from middle school through graduate school. I… Read More »Helping Students with Anti-Bias Projects