Peer Education in Action
by Carmen Cool, MA, LPC Not only did this program help me build confidence and leadership skills, but it gave me a whole new perspective on my body and how it… Read More »Peer Education in Action
Health At Every Size
HEALTH—A Holistic, Species-Specific Definition
by Jon Robison, PhD The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” In… Read More »HEALTH—A Holistic, Species-Specific Definition
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: Exercise and the HAES model (part 1)
HAES® Matters: Dieting, Disease, and Weight (part 2)
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… Read More »HAES® Matters: Dieting, Disease, and Weight (part 2)
International HAES Team–Enhancing Research Capacity
by Jacqui Gingras, PhD, RD and Julie Rochefort, MHSc, RD In January, Jacqui Gingras had the opportunity to apply for a grant from the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of… Read More »International HAES Team–Enhancing Research Capacity
Musings on Bridge Building
by Dana Schuster, MS In my role as a HAES advocate in the Health and Fitness realm and as an active volunteer with ASDAH, I often find myself trying to… Read More »Musings on Bridge Building
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)
WHAT’S MISSING? Promoting Health at the Workplace (Part III)
by Jon Robison, PhD In Part II of this series (see Part I here), I summarized the traditional approach to promoting health, based on a Mechanistic Worldview and a Biomedical Model… Read More »WHAT’S MISSING? Promoting Health at the Workplace (Part III)
The Pursuit of Coherence
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA My previous blog post (“The Pursuit of Happiness”) explored dimensions of the “thin equals happiness” meme. At the end, I asserted that the meme actually… Read More »The Pursuit of Coherence
The Pursuit of Happiness
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA There is a deep cultural story in the U.S., evidenced by the wording of our Declaration of Independence, that we have a “right” to pursue… Read More »The Pursuit of Happiness