health promotion

Raising a Ruckus: Calorie Counts on Menus

January 12, 2017October 13, 2020

by Andrea LaMarre, MSc.

Over the past week I have been asked, more times than I can count: “What are you making such a big fuss about?” This question has come on the heels of a recent change in legislation in my home province of Ontario that has made it law for restaurants with over 20 locations to include calorie counts on their menus. These calorie counts are abstracted from all other nutritional information, and they must be as large as the price of the item.

In early December, I was approached by a number of others from within the eating disorder research, advocacy and prevention community who suggested that I start a petition to have this legislation repealed. Alarmed that the legislation was to come into effect, presumably without consultation from the eating disorders community, I did so. Just after Christmas, after approximately 400 people had signed the petition, I started to receive media requests – dozens of media requests. Suddenly I found myself with the interesting task of providing the kind of sound bite for an article that would make people at least pause for thought around this new item on the menu.

May 12, 2016October 21, 2020

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

Where’s the stigma?

December 4, 2014October 16, 2020

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?

The (Long) Road to My PhD Study

March 27, 2014October 16, 2020

by Lily O’Hara, BSc, Postgrad Dip Hlth Prom, MPH, PhD (c) I have recently submitted my PhD thesis in public health and health promotion, and as part of the process,… Read More »The (Long) Road to My PhD Study

Using the HAES Approach with People in Recovery — An Interview With Lisa Du Breuil

December 10, 2013October 16, 2020

In October of this year, a spirited discussion took place on the ASDAH listserv regarding the intersections between weight-loss surgery and substance abuse. ASDAH’s Lisa Du Breuil is a practicing… Read More »Using the HAES Approach with People in Recovery — An Interview With Lisa Du Breuil

Opportunity Costs

February 26, 2013November 17, 2020

by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA There are a number of very real direct “costs” to individuals, communities, and societies resulting from the current “war on obesity.” The direct consequences of… Read More »Opportunity Costs

HAES® Matters: A Health At Every Size® Model for Our Children

February 19, 2013November 17, 2020

From time to time the Health At Every Size® Blog shares HAES Matters “roundtable” posts with our readers. The questions that appear in this HAES Matters post are based on questions generated by participants… Read More »HAES® Matters: A Health At Every Size® Model for Our Children

On Ethics

January 29, 2013November 18, 2020

by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA A well-known bioethicist named Daniel Callahan recently advocated for the intentional infliction of weight stigma. He has written an article in The Hastings Center Report… Read More »On Ethics

WHAT’S MISSING? Promoting Health at the Workplace (Part IV)

October 30, 2012October 23, 2020

by Jon Robison, PhD In part III of this series (click here to see Part I and Part II), I outlined three major disconnects between traditional worksite health promotion and employee… Read More »WHAT’S MISSING? Promoting Health at the Workplace (Part IV)

HAES® Matters: Dieting, Disease, and Weight (part 1)

October 2, 2012November 18, 2020

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)