There is such a wealth of good content out in the weight-inclusive, non-diet world these days. We will continuously be updating this page to include evidence based, informative, and insightful articles and blog posts. If you have an article that you’d like to suggest we add, just send it in an email via our contact page.
Article Categories at a Glance:
- Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, and the Non-Diet Approach
- Health at Every Size®
- Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
- Body Liberation, Body Positivity, and Fat Activism
- Self Compassion, Body Image, and Embodiment
- Weight Stigma and Bias
- Misc.
Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, and the Non-Diet Approach
Intuitive Eating Research Update by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, co-author of Intuitive Eating, 3rd Ed.
What is the Satisfaction Factor and Why Does it Matter so Much? By Kelsey Miller
Emotional Eating and the Sweet Spot of Discomfort by Vania Phitidis
3 Myths about “Intuitive Eating” by Isabel Foxen Duke
Relax, You Don’t Need to ‘Eat Clean’ by Aaron E. Carroll
Losing It in the Anti-Dieting Age by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
How to Stop Beating Yourself Up About What You Eat by Virginia Sole-Smith
“CLEAN” EATING – The Dirty Truth by Jon Robison
How The Clean Eating Fad Is Taking A Toll On Young Women by Anna Cherry
Let’s Talk About Halloween Candy by Dana Sturtevant and Hilary Kinavey
Banning soda, sugary cereal or ice cream for your kids may not be the best strategy by Casey Seidenberg
Weight Watchers Offering Free Memberships To Teens (AKA Future Of Yo-Yo Dieting) by Joni Edelman
Weight Watchers is targeting teens with a new free program. That’s a problem. by Rebecca Scritchfield
The Whole30 is Over, Now What? by Be Nourished
What Does Intuitive Eating Mean? by Aaron Flores
Elimination Diets: Are They Really Helpful? by Emily Fonnesbeck
Think You Have A Sugar Addiction? Here’s Why Cutting Out Sugar Might Actually Backfire by Laura Thomas
Why and How to Give Yourself Permissionto Eat Anything by Eveyln Tribole
Eating Toward Immortality: Diet culture is just another way of dealing with the fear of death by Michelle Allison
An Open Letter to Oprah about Weight Watchers by Joslyn Smith
The Sadness of Saying Enough, by Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD, co-author of Intuitive Eating
The Trouble With Food Policing in Schools by Leslie Schilling
Sugar addiction: the state of the science by Westwater et al.
Why Mindful Eating is Weight Inclusive by Lilia Graue
The not-so-obvious problem with dieting by Melissa Toler
5 Common Intuitive Eating Struggles (and Steps to Help You Overcome Them) by Vincci Tsui
Almost 40% of peer-reviewed dietary research turns out to be wrong. Here’s why. By Patrick Clinton
This Nutritionist’s Manifesto Against the Whole30 Will Shake Your View of Healthy Eating by Rebecca Scritchfield
Type 2 Diabetes: Intermittent fasting may raise risk by Ana Sandoiu
The Dirty Side of Clean Eating: How my Obsession Turned (Very) Unhealthy by Florence Gillet
Hey Hippocrates: Food isn’t medicine. It’s just food. by Dylan MacKay
An Open Letter to my Daughter’s Camp Counselor by Anna Lutz
Coeliac Disease In Children – treating the whole child by Sarah Peck
Health at Every Size®
the HAES® files: History of the Health At Every Size® Movement, Part I by Barbara Altman Bruno
Do No Harm: Moving Beyond Weight Loss
An Alternative to a Proposed Guideline Suggesting Weight Loss for Kids by Rebecca Scritchfield
The Truth About That New “Fat But Fit” Study by Christy Harrison
Coming to Terms with my Daughter’s Genetically Programmed Body Size by Julie O’Toole
‘Biggest Loser’ Contestants Must Brutally Overexercise to Keep Off the Weight, Study Says by Holly Van Hare
Why I Will Never Refer to Someone as “Overweight” or “Obese” Again by Kristina Bruce
What thin people don’t understand about dieting by Traci Mann and A. Janet Tomiyama
the HAES® files: My Sister Is Oprah’s Personal Weight Watchers Consultant by Joanne Soolman
Love at Every Size: Healthy, Happy, and at Home in your Body by Jen Ponton
Thin Is Not The Same As Healthy by Project HEAL
Dear Doctor, Meet Your Patient in a Larger Body by Dr. Colleen Reichmann
When teaching BMI… by Lori Short-Zamudi
Understanding the ‘health at every size’ paradigm by Zoe Nicholson
An Open Letter to Jamie Oliver by Laura Thomas, Sarah Dempster, Helen West and Rosie Saunt
What if physicians stopped weighing heavier patients? by Rebecca Scritchfield
What Nobody Tells You About the Dark Side of Losing Weight by Juli Fraga
Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
Marci Evans’ 3-part Orthorexia Nervosa training: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
The #1 Medical Complication of Binge Eating Disorder: Poor General Medical and Surgical Care Arising from Weight Stigma by Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani
Warning: Looking and Lamenting may be Lethal by Sandra Wartski, PsyD, CEDS
Review of Netflix “To The Bone” movie
Reduce Body Checking with Two Easy Steps by Liliana Almeida, MA
Hope is Essential When Working with People Who Have “Chronic” Eating Disorders by John Levitt, PhD
The Difference Between IOP and PHP Eating Disorder Programs by Libby Lyons
When illness severity and research dollars do not align: are we overlooking eating disorders? by Murray et al.
The Unmeasureables of an Eating Disorder by Jennifer L. Gaudiani
Dear Doctor: Your patient has an eating disorder by Gwyneth Olwyn
Existing as a Trans Person with an Eating Disorder by Luke Knudsen
Diabetes And Eating Disorders: It’s About Time People Started Listening by Claire Kearns
Wellness Programs and Eating Disorders: A Potentially Lethal Combination by Al Lewis
Eating disorder treatments need to consider social, cultural implications of the illness
Even after treatment, brains of anorexia nervosa patients not fully recovered by DeGuzman et al.
The importance of recognizing Anorexia in people in larger bodies by Tabitha Farrar with Dr. Rachel Millner
To the Bone: creating eating disorder awareness of doing harm? by Joanna Doley and Susan J. Paxton
A Screening Tool for Binge Eating Disorder
British Teen Phenom Bobby Clay Reveals How She Got Osteoporosis At Age 20 by Johanna Gretschel
Treating Adolescents and Adults in the Same Milieu by Doug Bunnell
Why Are Male Athletes at Risk for Eating Disorders? by Dr. Paula Quatromoni
Chronic Dieting: The Socially Acceptable Eating Disorder by Caroline Dooner
Thanksgiving, eating disorders and why we should stop obsessing about food on the holidays by Alia E. Dastagir
The Authorized Bratman Orthorexia Self-Test by Steven Bratman
The Inextricable Tie Between Eating Disorders and Endurance Athletes by Nora Caplan-Bricker
6 Signs Your Gym Habit Could Be An Eating Disorder In Disguise by Anne Machalinski
Anorexia And Bulimia Are Black Women’s Diseases, Too by Erica Hawkins
Diet Christmas: when did the holiday season become a time for disordered eating? by Deirdre Fidge
The Problem with ‘Clean Eating’ in Eating Disorder Recovery by Jennifer Rollin
An Open Letter to Dr. Phil about Eating Disorders by Dr. Colleen Reichmann
The Connections Between the Brain and Urges to Binge and Purge by Tammy Beasley
Health at Every Size and Eating Disorders by Lauren Muhl
5 Phrases to Never Say at the Dinner Table to Avoid Eating Disorders by Ginny Jones
Mariner Abruptly Retires to Help People with Eating Disorders
How Pro-Eating Disorder Posts Evade Filters on Social Media by Louise Matsakis
Returning to the Progress of Recovery by OJ of thirdwheelED
Disabled People Can Have Eating Disorders, Too by Micaela Evans
How Fat Shaming Leads to Eating Disorders by Ragen Chastain
It Cannot Be Ignored: Runners spread awareness about eating disorders in their sport by Kelyn Soong
Is Atypical Anorexia Really Atypical? The Interplay of Weight Suppression, Weight Bias, and Atypical Anorexia by Rachel Millner
Body Liberation, Body Positivity, and Fat Activism
Can Gen X Women Love Their Bodies? by Amy Keller Laird
Doctor’s Office Survival Kit by Ragen Chastain of Dances With Fat
List of retailers and online stores offering active wear in larger sizes.
Not a fan of fat shaming? Stop thin praising by Afshan Jafar
5 Ways Parents of Preschoolers Can Raise a Body-Positive Kid
Obesity and Join Replacement. Part 1: Are BMI Restrictions Ethical?
Fat People and Chairs – A Hate Story
Books that Teach Body Positivity to Your Kids
What Is Weight-Neutral Workplace Wellness and Why Should we Consider it? by Rebecca Johnson
Where to Buy Plus-Size Activewear by Nora Whelan
13 easy ways to help yourself actually live body positivity by Arielle Tschinkel
Books That Teach Body Positivity To Your Kids by Isabelle Khoo
The Fantasy of Being Thin by Kate Harding
What do I do now that I’m fat? by Juliana Sartor
How to Talk to your Daughter about her Body by Sarah Koppelkam
Plus-sized? I understand why you want to lose weight, but… by Meredith Noble
Essay: I’m the heaviest woman to complete a marathon by Ragen Chastain
Best Body Positive Instagram Accounts by Meredith Noble
9 Novels that Show Fat People as Themselves by Evette Dionne
Dianne Bondy is #Whatayogilookslike by Melaine Klein
Rebecca Alexander Is the Queer Fat Woman Behind AllGo, an App That Will Change the World for People of Size by Vanessa Friedman
Confronting And Crushing Weight-Gain Anxiety by Briana Hernandez
Body Shame is Not a Diet Plan by Renee Engeln
Rebecca Alexander Is the Queer Fat Woman Behind AllGo, an App That Will Change the World for People of Size by Vanessa Friedman
10 Tips for Radically Loving Your Body (Disabled or Otherwise) by Taylor Carmen
Body Positivity is a Scam by Amanda Mull
50 Body Positive Influencers You Should Follow by Mallory Creveling
Body Liberation is Not about Eating Donuts by Dr. Maria Paredes
Why I’ve Chosen Body Liberation Over Body Love by Jes Baker
51 Ways to Make the World Less Hostile to Fat People by Dani Beckett
Six Queer BIPOC Voices in the Body Positive Movement by Donyae Coles
Self Compassion, Body Image, and Embodiment
The Neuroscience of Compassion by Azriel ReShel
Making the Most of Your Whole Self: Being and Embodied Therapist by Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC, CEDS
Emotion Checklists: Identifying Your Feelings, Pleasant and Not by Athena Staik, PhD
The Neuroscience of Compassion by Azriel ReShel
What it Really Means to Hold Space for Someone by Heather Plett
Poor body image makes girls less assertive and risks health, study finds by Haroon Siddique
Expert resources for parents and mentors to help raise young people’s self-esteem
Negative Body Image and ‘The Red Car Syndrome’ by Jennifer Rollin
But I Don’t Want to Accept This Body…A Shoe Story by Anna Sweeney
Celebrating Body Diversity Among Students – And Teachers Too! by Kimberly Dark
Rippon’s body image comments highlight hidden struggle among gay men by John Paul Brammer
You Don’t Have to Love Your Body by Ijeoma Oluo
How to Talk about Body Image Issues When You’re Not Fat by Dawy Rkasnuam
This One Passage from Lindy West’s Memoir Transformed How I See My Body by Sadi Trombetta
Take the Cake: A Fat Feminist Watches ‘I Feel Pretty’ by Virgie Tovar
Weight Stigma and Bias
The Workplace Problem that No One is Talking About by M. Mertens
Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll by Jane E. Brody
“No Fatties”: When Health Care Hurts by Carey Purcell
We need to put an end to fatphobia in woke places by Melissa Toler
5 Ways People with Thin Privilege Can Fight Body Terrorism by Julie Feng
Guidelines on Pediatric Obesity and Stigma
Fat Shaming in the Doctor’s Office Can Be Mentally and Physically Harmful by Audrey Hamilton
How to advocate for yourself at the doctor as a fat person by Sophia Carter-Kahn
The #1 Medical Complication of Binge Eating Disorder: Poor General Medical and Surgical Care arising from Weight Stigma by Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani
My sister’s cancer might have been diagnosed sooner — if doctors could have seen beyond her weight by Laura Fraser
To those who want your fat family member to lose weight by Your Fat Friend
The Health Impact of Weight Stigma by Carrie Dennett
Does the health & wellness community really care about health & wellness? by Melissa Toler
Wanting to lose weight isn’t shameful by Hilary Kinavey
Why Weight Stigma is a Public Health Issue by Vincci Tsui
Discrimination against fat people is so endemic, most of us don’t even realize it’s happening by Angela Meadows
My Life as a Public Health Crisis by Harmony Cox
Making Peace with My Body Meant Saying Goodbye to High Heels by Anna Sweeney
Misc.
The Colonization of Women’s Bodies
Why You Gain Belly Fat After Menopause (And Why it’s OK) by Jessi Haggerty
My child says they want to be “more healthy” – should I be pleased, or alarmed? by Fiona Sutherland
Why Judging People for Buying Unhealthy Food Is Classist by Wiley Reading
Filters for Your Mind: Better Than the Ones Found on Instagram by Connie Sobczak
Working to Disarm Women’s Anti-Aging Demon by Ashton Applewhite
Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life ‘In An Underslept State’ by Terry Gross
The Indestructible Myth of the Sugar High
Ways to Move Forward Together by Hilary Kinavey
Your Healthy Lifestyle Won’t Necessarily Make You Healthier by Sandro Galea
Tips for Dealing with Diet and Weight Talk Over The Holidays by Jennifer Rollin
Three Printable Signs (+Tips) That Will Make Your Holidays More Enjoyable by Jes Baker
We don’t need a “new skinny” — we need to obliterate beauty standards altogether by Melissa A. Fabello
Positives of recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea by Nicola Rinaldi
Your Nutrition Advice Won’t Help if it’s Not Culturally Sensitive by Christina Byrne
The Case Against Fitness Trackers by Meghan Kacmarcik
Mind Control: Barbara Ehrenreich’s radical critique of wellness and self-improvement by Gabriel Winant
Intuitive Movement: Learning to Play Again by Lauren Anton
What Exactly is “Thin Privilege”? by Kristina Bruce
7 Mental Health Advocates Share what Stigmas They Face as a Person of Color with Mental Illness by Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro
I Shouldn’t Have To Lose Weight For My Wedding. So Why Do I Feel Like A Failure? by Scaachi Koul
The Complete Guide to Becoming Your Own Medical Advocate by Ragen Chastain