Oona Hanson discusses the challenges of addressing weight stigma in the pediatrician’s office. Doctors care about their patients and want the best for them. Pediatricians in particular are deeply invested;… Read More »First, Do No Harm: The Importance of Removing Weight Stigma from the Pediatrician’s Office
Priya Payda talks about her upbringing in one of few Indian families in a small Canadian town, surrounded by diet culture. She discusses how cultural and familial influences contributed to… Read More »Growing Up Indian in a Diet Culture World
McKenna Schueler offers a compassionate framing of weight gain to combat harmful cultural messaging that glorifies weight loss while vilifying weight gain as a ‘problem’ to be fixed. Within, McKenna… Read More »How We Can Reframe Gaining Weight as an Act of Self-Care
CALL FOR PROPOSALSCome Speak—connect with friends and colleagues! DUE: DECEMBER 21, 2017LINK: https://sizediversityandhealth.org/content.asp?id=241 ASDAH is seeking proposals for the 2018 ConferenceAugust 3-5, 2018 – Portland, OR Uniting Against Oppression:Navigating the Learning Curves in… Read More »ASDAH 2018 Conference: Call for Proposals
by Jeanette DePatie, MA, ACE This past week, I was horrified to learn that the upcoming season of the television show “The Biggest Loser” will include children. “Well that’s just… Read More »Roman Coliseum—Children’s Edition
by Deb Lemire, President of the Association for Size Diversity and Health The Children’s Health Alliance of Atlanta has launched a campaign using short 30 second videos with chubby children… Read More »Georgia on my mind