When Marketing Meets Health at Every Size®
Take a moment to slow down and reflect. Do you remember when you first learned about Health At Every Size®? How and when did you decide that you would practice…
When Periods Go Missing
Diet talk: We see and hear it everywhere. The media applauds “clean eating,” while your next-door neighbor sings the praises of low-carb, and your aerobics instructor endorses anything low-fat. It’s…
Fat Activism and the Eating Disorder Community
“It is difficult to believe that your recovery is the most important thing when diet culture and a fatphobic world are telling you that the most important thing, by far,…
Yoga & Mindfulness: Keys to Healthier Food & Body Relationships
This post was written and submitted by EDRDpro member Caroline L. Young, MS, RD, LD, RYT. Connect with Caroline at [email protected] or on her website at http://www.thewholeyogird.com Ever since I knew…
Evolving, Educating, Elevating, and Emancipating through HAES
This post was written and submitted by Shelby Gordon. Connect with Shelby by emailing her at [email protected] If there were an award for dieting – I would win it, hands…
A Dietitian’s Role in Orthorexia Recovery
“Food, no matter how pure, cannot fill the space in your soul that longs for love and spiritual experience. If you are trying to use it for this purpose, you…
Beyond Intention: Impact Matters When Talking About Weight Science
This post was written and submitted by Hannah Frazee. Hannah is a junior at the University of Iowa who is rooted in the Health at Every Size paradigm and is…
Body Humility: The New Body Positive
The post was written and submitted by Grace Russell. Grace is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian working with clients with eating disorders in both a private practice and an inpatient hospital setting. She…
Deconstructing the Stigma Around Bigger Bodies and Eating Disorders
The media’s portrayal of eating disorders is riddled with stereotypes. These exclusionary understandings fuel the illusion that people experiencing eating disorders look only one way, obscuring the reality that people…
Self-Compassion, Not Self-Esteem: Exploring this key component to better body image
Social comparison, including body comparison, is rampant in our culture today. Body image disturbances are prevalent across the spectrums of age, ability, sexual and gender identity, racial and ethnic groups,…