Random Acts of Kindness Week 2020
Commit random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. That quote, and the overall idea of practicing “random acts of...
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2020
NEDA’s annual National Eating Disorders Awareness Week runs from February 24th to March 1st, 2020. This year’s theme is Come As...
Fostering a Positive Relationship with Food for Your Children
Parents have the responsibility and privilege to intentionally make their homes a refuge from diet culture. Abandoning food rules helps foster...
Valentine’s Day While in Recovery from an Eating Disorder
Navigating Valentine’s Day while in recovery from an eating disorder can be tough. These tips and strategies will help make the...
Eating Disorders and the API Community
The stereotypical image of a person with an eating disorder is a young, white woman. This image is the one we’re...
Latest Food Labeling Research Upholds Diet Culture
How many minutes of running would a person have to do to burn off a Big Mac? Or a salad, for...
The Rebellious History of the Fat Acceptance Movement
Where did the fat acceptance movement start? Who started it? And how is it related to body positivity, Health at Every...
What Jillian Michaels’ Comments Are Really About
Trigger warning for discussion of “Obesity,” fat shaming, fatphobia What Jillian Michaels’ comments get wrong about body positivity, political correctness, and “glamorizing...
New Year’s Resolutions and Eating Disorder Recovery
Ahh, New Year’s resolutions. Approximately 40% of Americans make them, but how effective is the annual New Year, New You ritual...
No Name-Calling Week 2020
Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit. – from The Misfits by James Howe The...