by Andrea LaMarre I am an eternal optimist. Despite all evidence to the contrary, I do believe that people in general hold at the heart of their various opinions a… Read More »A Tale of Two Conferences: Addressing Weight Stigma and Social Justice
by Sydney Bell, RSW “The Nourish conference is an event where people of all sizes, shapes, genders, abilities, and backgrounds can gather to celebrate all bodies, support one another as we work… Read More »Join a Revolution… Love Your Body, Nourish in Saskatoon
by Julie Seale, RD, BA, BASc In 2013 a friend (and colleague) introduced me to Health At Every Size® (HAES). As a dietitian, I had been struggling for years, thinking… Read More »Introducing HAES® to My Team
by Joanne Soolman, MS, RD, LDN I found out that my sister was Oprah Winfrey’s personal Weight Watchers (WW) consultant by seeing it on her Facebook page. Facebook friend after… Read More »My Sister Is Oprah’s Personal Weight Watchers Consultant
by Cat Pausé, PhD As a Fat Studies scholar and fat activist, the issue of health is forever looming around me. In the background; in the foreground; off in the… Read More »Why I Don’t Care about Health
by Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD Communicating to others about Health at Every Size® (HAES) can be complicated. Many of our clients have said it feels… Read More »Telling the Truth
by Michelle Pitman I am not an academic. I dropped out of university after my first semester to deal with some health issues at the time and never went back to… Read More »The Spirit of HAES
by Lily O’Hara BSc, Postgrad Dip Hlth Prom, MPH, PhD Long before I even thought about moving to the Middle East, I read Geraldine Brooks’ Nine Parts of Desire, and… Read More »Covered But Not Immune: Body Image, Eating Behaviours, and Weight Stigma in the Middle East
by A. Janet Tomiyama, Ph.D. and Jeffrey M. Hunger, M.A. Note: This piece, with slight modifications, originally appeared in Zócalo Public Square. You’ve just returned from your morning run and… Read More »Body Mass Index Is Not a Good Measure of Your Health
by Ellen R. Glovsky, PhD, RD, LDN Ideas about nutrition and dieting are a common topic of conversation in my life. I am a Registered Dietitian, and once people find out… Read More »“Do I Really Get to Eat What I Want?”