Learn from the Home of the Health At Every Size® Principles
ASDAH was founded on the Health At Every Size® (HAES®) Principles over 20 years ago and currently hosts the Health at Every Size® Principles and Framework of Care, recently revised in 2024. We proudly promote better care for people of all sizes through an intersectional fat liberation lens. We offer 1-hour and 2-hour sessions to introduce your staff / providers to the Health at Every Size® Principles and Framework of Care. We can also customize an offering based on your organizational goals and needs!
Since the Fat Liberation movement began in the 1960s, activists have provided critical analyses about how weight is used in accessing, and the provision of, healthcare. This critique developed into what would eventually be called the Health at Every Size® (HAES®) Principles, drawing thousands of healthcare professionals to reconsider what is accepted as care for people in larger bodies.
The Health at Every Size® approach to healthcare is based on four Health at Every Size® Principles and a Framework of Care. Together they provide a path for healthcare providers to learn about and practice ethical and effective care for larger people. This session will introduce the four principles and ten components of the framework to serve as the foundation of Health at Every Size®-aligned care.
Introduction to Health at Every Size®
Offered as a 1 hour virtual session
In this session, we’ll:
- Review the history of how fatphobia developed as a function of racism
- Define weight bias and weight stigma
- Discuss how anti-fat bias shows up in healthcare
- Introduce the Health at Every Size® Principles
- Review a study examining the relationship between weight, health, and healthy habits
HAES® 101: Understanding the Foundations of Health at Every Size®
Offered as a 2 hour virtual session
In this session, we’ll cover everything in the Introduction course and:
- The history of fat liberation and the movement that led to Health at Every Size®
- The origins and problematic use of the BMI
- A deep dive into the research on weight and health including:
- Mortality hazard ratios by body size
- Weight loss efficacy
- Risks associated with intentional weight loss
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