by Angel Austin, founder of Sacred Space for Fat Bodies The 2022 ASDAH Conference, with the theme, “Intersectional Liberation: What is Required of the Health at Every Size® Framework?”, is… Read More »ASDAH 2022 Conference: Wrap Up and Reflections with Angel Austin
To Our Valued Fat Liberation & HAES® Communities: In our last communication to you, we stated, “Though confronting the patterns of harm in our community is difficult, we grow and… Read More »Where do we go from here?
To our valued Fat Liberation & HAES® Communities: Six months ago, Dr. Lindo Bacon reached out to the ASDAH Leadership Team about their intent to write a revised Health at… Read More »Holding Lindo Bacon Accountable for Repeated Harm in the Fat Liberation & HAES® Communities
To our valued Health at Every Size® community: Recently, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) completed a review of Health at Every Size® interventions as part of their Adult… Read More »A Letter to Our Health at Every Size® Community on the Proposed Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ HAES® Recommendation
To the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Adult Weight Management Evidence Analysis Library team: We are writing to you as the leaders of the Association of Size Diversity and Health,… Read More »An Open Letter to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
By Brie Scrivner, PhD, Former Board Member-at-Large and ASDAH Education Blog Coordinator (2020-21) Welcome to the third of this series where I sit down (have a Zoom call) with members of… Read More »Meet Your Leadership Team Series: Interim Projects & Operations Leader
By Brie Scrivner, MA, Board Member-at-Large, and ASDAH Education Blog Coordinator Welcome to the first in a new series where I sit down (have a Zoom call) with members of… Read More »Meet Your Leadership Team Series: Education Committee Chair
by Danielle B. Grossman, LMFT ‘Binge eating is about using food to numb emotions and stuff feelings.’ ‘Anorexia is about control.’ ‘Disordered eating and eating disorders are about acting out… Read More »Eating Disorders Are An Active Trauma, Not A Maladaptive Coping Strategy
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