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Dear Fathers: Your Son’s Body Is Just Fine

March 10, 2017October 13, 2020

by Dawn Clifford, PhD, RD

Dear Dads,

Please leave your son’s body alone. Your son’s body size and shape is just fine. He doesn’t need to fill out, bulk up, slim down, or get ripped.

Your son received genetic material from you and his biological mother. That DNA will largely dictate his body, both as a child and as an adult. So if there’s anything that doesn’t seem quite right about your son’s body, it’s all you (…well, at least half you)!

Your son’s body will change naturally throughout his childhood. He will grow out, he will grow up, and he may also remain a bean pole. Quit trying to change it.

February 23, 2017October 13, 2020

by Melissa Toler, Pharm.D.

After performing at this year’s Super Bowl half-time show, Lady Gaga’s stomach was at the center of some good old-fashioned body-shaming on social media. Super Bowl viewers took to Twitter and Facebook to express their disapproval of her belly fat and suggested that maybe she should have hit the gym a little harder before the big show. It caused enough of a ruckus that she responded on her Instagram account with a brief post to acknowledge that she is proud of her body… and we should be too.

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I am free to have a body that is unique to me

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by Jessica Andersen and Ashley Simon of My Body Does Living in the United States, it is clear that anyone and everyone has a right to women’s bodies – sometimes more of… Read More »I am free to have a body that is unique to me

Body Peace, World Peace: Freeing Ourselves and Each Other Through Yoga

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by Julie Norman, BS, E-RYT I came to know body peace and recovered from an eating disorder long before I ever struck a pose, saw a therapist, or journaled. However when… Read More »Body Peace, World Peace: Freeing Ourselves and Each Other Through Yoga

The Pool Party

May 28, 2015October 15, 2020

by Stacey Nye, PhD, FAED When I was in the 11th grade I took Junior Honors English. Back then, students didn’t take the profusion of honors and advanced placement classes… Read More »The Pool Party

Where Is My Back Leg, Anyway? The Yogic Path to Intuitive Eating and Body Respect

April 16, 2015October 15, 2020

ASDAH’s blog committee has recently engaged in outreach activities to secure a series of posts on yoga, as it relates to the HAES paradigm: yoga for all bodies, learning to focus… Read More »Where Is My Back Leg, Anyway? The Yogic Path to Intuitive Eating and Body Respect

I Am No Shadow

March 12, 2015October 15, 2020

by Stacey Nye, PhD, FAED “It looks like you have lost weight”. I hear this periodically. It’s always said with a big smile, some knowing head nods, and usually a… Read More »I Am No Shadow

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

#Selfies

January 8, 2015October 16, 2020

by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA Selfies are a well-established part of our culture at this point. By 2013, the word “selfie” had made its way into the Oxford Dictionary, which… Read More »#Selfies