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: Exercise and the HAES model (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)
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!
by Judith Matz, LCSW Remember me?” Beth asked following my presentation at a community-based hospital. “Of course I do!” I responded. Beth had been in my Diet Survivors group about… Read More »Journey to acceptance
by Jeanette DePatie, (the Fat Chick), MA, ACE Lately the Strong4Life campaign in Georgia has received a lot of publicity and a LOT of pushback. For those of you who… Read More »A tale of two billboards
by Jeanette DePatie (The Fat Chick), MA, ACE Ahh January. After the champagne flutes and the ball drop and the confetti, it’s time for the annual Big Shift. What is… Read More »Weekend warrior syndrome and the national, annual B.S.
by Jeanette DePatie (The Fat Chick), MA, ACE In my work with ASDAH as well as my work as a fitness instructor, I have introduced the HAES™ approach to life… Read More »Does the Health At Every Size® approach mean I’m giving up?