Why I Don’t Care about Health
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
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Examining the So-Called “Evidence”
by Deb Burgard, PhD From the ASDAH Blog Committee: A study published on December 3, 2013 in the Annals of Internal Medicine (“Are Metabolically Healthy Overweight and Obesity Benign Conditions?:… Read More »Examining the So-Called “Evidence”
History of the Health At Every Size® Movement, Part 1
by Barbara Altman Bruno, Ph.D., LCSW In response to requests from our readers, the Health At Every Size Blog is honored to reprint Barbara Altman Bruno’s history of the HAES… Read More »History of the Health At Every Size® Movement, Part 1
Opportunity Costs
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA There are a number of very real direct “costs” to individuals, communities, and societies resulting from the current “war on obesity.” The direct consequences of… Read More »Opportunity Costs
HAES® Matters: A Health At Every Size® Model for Our Children
From time to time the Health At Every Size® Blog shares HAES Matters “roundtable” posts with our readers. The questions that appear in this HAES Matters post are based on questions generated by participants… Read More »HAES® Matters: A Health At Every Size® Model for Our Children
On Ethics
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA A well-known bioethicist named Daniel Callahan recently advocated for the intentional infliction of weight stigma. He has written an article in The Hastings Center Report… Read More »On Ethics
2013, we are resolved!
Well, the world did not end as was predicted (again), so here we are facing a new year begging us to make yet another new year’s resolution. Sigh. A resolution.… Read More »2013, we are resolved!
Fat and jolly? Not so much…
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA Note: Hopefully, readers of this blog understand that opinions expressed by any blogger (even ASDAH officers) should not be attributed to ASDAH. [See disclaimer in… Read More »Fat and jolly? Not so much…
HAES® Matters: Dieting, Disease, and Weight (part 1)
From time to time the Health At Every Size® Blog will be sharing HAES Matters “roundtable” posts with our readers. The questions that appear in the HAES Matters posts are based on questions generated by participants at ASDAH’s… Read More »HAES® Matters: Dieting, Disease, and Weight (part 1)
HAES® Matters: The Skinny on Fat and Thin
From time to time the Health At Every Size® Blog will be sharing HAES Matters “roundtable” posts with our readers. The questions that appear in the HAES Matters posts are based on questions generated by participants at ASDAH’s… Read More »HAES® Matters: The Skinny on Fat and Thin