by Deb Burgard, PhD Can you support people’s health while rejecting their bodies? The public health authorities seem to think so. Calls for the “prevention and elimination” of “obesity” are… Read More »When health speech is hate speech
by Jon Robison, PhD, MS In my 25 or so years of being involved in the health field I have witnessed the comings and goings of a multitude of highly… Read More »The cockroach effect
by Deb Lemire, President of the Association for Size Diversity and Health, adapted from the opening welcome for the ASDAH’s 2011 Conference Those of you who know me, or have seen my… Read More »Time to own it
by Deb Burgard, PhD A recent JAMA editorial calls for government intervention – i.e., foster care – for “severely overweight children.” The authors position state-sponsored kidnapping as a humane alternative… Read More »JAMA proposes a medical mugging
By Michelle May, M.D. The description from the author’s website for Maggie Goes on a Diet, a children’s book (for ages 6 and up) slated for publication in October 2011 reads:… Read More »Michelle goes on a diet
by Michelle May, MD In my last post, Work of Art or Paint-by-Number, I told you about a dangerous “meme” or idea gene. This meme is the belief that restriction… Read More »Create your own masterpiece
by Deb Burgard, PhD If you haven’t read Jess Weiner’s article in Glamour, “Loving my Body Almost Killed Me,” go do it now and then come back so we can… Read More »Loving your body won’t kill you, but being targeted for a curse might
by Jon Robison PhD, MS This old 60’s mantra was ringing in my ears a few weeks ago as I addressed the National Eating Disorder Summit put on by The Ben… Read More »Part of the problem? or part of the solution?
by Lily O’Hara, Section Head for Health Promotion, Health Authority – Abu Dhabi The dominant health paradigm governing public health action from government departments and health care organisations is the… Read More »Public health authorities need to be held accountable