by Dawn Clifford, PhD, RD In a former life, I was a competitive swimmer. Through the sport of swimming, I learned many life lessons including commitment, determination and teamwork. I credit… Read More »Confessions of an Olympian Wannabe
by Carina Chiodo, B.A.in English, minor in Psychology Rewind to 10 months ago when I am eagerly about to start graduate school. I was proud to boast that the Masters… Read More »Health Food vs. Healthy Relationship with All Food
by Erin Cameron, Ph.D. How do we learn to live well in the world? This question has intrigued me for many years now; it is why I pursued a Bachelor… Read More »Pedagogy Matters: Addressing Size Diversity through Critical Education
by Brian J. Souza, Ph.D. MY STORY My journey to appreciating and committing to size diversity and models of wellness (such as the Health at Every Size® [HAES] principles) began… Read More »My Story. My Promise. My Hope
by Sydney Bell, RSW “The Nourish conference is an event where people of all sizes, shapes, genders, abilities, and backgrounds can gather to celebrate all bodies, support one another as we work… Read More »Join a Revolution… Love Your Body, Nourish in Saskatoon
by Cat Pausé, PhD As a Fat Studies scholar and fat activist, the issue of health is forever looming around me. In the background; in the foreground; off in the… Read More »Why I Don’t Care about Health
by Jessica Andersen and Ashley Simon of My Body Does Living in the United States, it is clear that anyone and everyone has a right to women’s bodies – sometimes more of… Read More »I am free to have a body that is unique to me
by Amy Herskowitz, MSc Back in September of 2013, I was positively struck by a commercial on TV with anti-diet messaging for the Go Girls! initiative co-created by Cheerios in Canada. Despite… Read More »“Poodles are Great, but Poodle-Centric Health Policy is a Nightmare”: ASDAH Critiques Science on Health and Weight
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA Selfies are a well-established part of our culture at this point. By 2013, the word “selfie” had made its way into the Oxford Dictionary, which… Read More »#Selfies
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA Are current discourses within the public health fields that emphasize place and geography as key components to identifying and addressing health inequities actually preventing us… Read More »Where’s the stigma?