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 Weight Neutral Core of the HAES Approach
by Dana Schuster, MS In recent weeks, the concept that fat is a contagious condition has once again been bandied about in both the media and online discussions. The latest… Read More »The Contagion of Fat (positive) Friends—Infect me PLEASE!
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA We live in a culture of judgment. Is this point even debatable? Many of us revel in judging each others’ work, family life, relationships, wealth,… Read More »Judgment Day
by Jon Robison, PhD, MS From time to time I overhear or read about people discussing whether obesity should be considered an Eating Disorder (ED). I have even seen obesity… Read More »Why Obesity is NOT an Eating Disorder
by Lily O’Hara, BSc, Postgrad Dip Hlth Prom, MPH, PhD (c) In Part 1 of this article I addressed some of the less well known contributors to increased body weight,… Read More »Uncommon knowledge about changes in body weight–part 2
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA Over the last few days, I have been involved in preparing ASDAH’s “Debate the Weight” response to HBO’s documentary series, The Weight of the Nation… Read More »Top 10 Reasons to Be Concerned About “The Weight of the Nation” Documentary
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA What do we mean by the “health” in the Health At Every Size® paradigm? Let me be clear: I do not think it’s necessary for… Read More »What do we mean by health?
by Jonathan Robison, PhD, MS Gary Taubes was at it again recently, responding to “The Fat Trap” by Tara Parker-Pope spouting the same old rhetoric about how carbohydrates are poison… Read More »The other white powder – sugar and food addiction
by Deb Burgard, PhD If you have grown up in this culture, you probably associate quite a few things with fatness and quite a few of the opposite traits with… Read More »Can you tell anything at all by a person’s weight?
by Jeanette DePatie, ASDAH Vice President, in consultation with ASDAH member Sandy Dixon, RN, MS, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Manager Valentine’s Day has just passed us by and February is American Heart… Read More »You gotta have heart!