by Amy Herskowitz, MSc I work in a large government health department doing policy and program consulting geared specifically to the mental health and addiction service sector. I share the… Read More »Using the Yay! Scale™ at Work—A Social Experiment in Changing Attitudes
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 Jeanette DePatie (The Fat Chick), MA, ACE Over the past few weeks, especially in the shadow of the Weight of the Nation series, I’ve heard the same question from… Read More »“Eat Your Vegetables—News at Eleven”—Why Common Sense Health Advice Makes Bad Television
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 Here are some things I know about joy: I know that joy is abundantly available and yet elusive. It arises in the doing, in the… Read More »Joy At Every Size
by Deb Lemire, President of the Association for Size Diversity and Health Those of us who incorporate the Health At Every Size® approach in our work and personal life continually… Read More »A less traveled road
by Jon Robison, PhD “Good nutrition is getting a bad name — one that smacks of rigidity, guilt-making and extremism… Worse still, some eight out of ten (Americans) think foods… Read More »Food Phobic Nation—A Brief History
by Dana Schuster, MS (*Not my natural inclination) I should start off by admitting that I have been described as suffering from “Pollyanna syndrome” along with a type-A personality driven… Read More »Taking the Health At Every Size® Model to School–A Lesson in Patience* and Perseverance
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