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Christy Harrison’s Anti-Diet Hits Shelves in Time for 2020 Weight Loss Resolutions
The New Year is here, and with it, a million New Year’s Resolutions focused on weight loss. Christy Harrison’s new book,…
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Putting an Entire City on a Diet Misses the Mark
Any one of us may not have been directly exposed to the coronavirus, but we each have most certainly been exposed…
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Coronavirus Quarantine and Eating Disorders: A Perfect Storm
If an eating disorder could choose its favorite environment, it could do no better than the stay-at-home orders issued in many…
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TLC’s Hot and Heavy Gets it Wrong
TLC’s “Hot and Heavy” aims to take an honest look at “mixed weight” relationships. Do they get it right? The answer…
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Valentine’s Day While in Recovery from an Eating Disorder
Updated on 12/28/23 On TV and in the movies, Valentine’s Day is a big deal. Couples exchange gifts over romantic candlelit…
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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…
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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…
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Your Baby Doesn’t Have to Like Kale: Baby Food, Food Hierarchies, and The New Yorker
When I was a child, I was called a “picky eater.” I had a small roster of foods that I would…
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Bariatric Surgery for Kids: What the American Academy of Pediatrics Gets Wrong in their New Public Health Policy
The American Academy of Pediatrics is now recommending weight loss surgery for children. Will this do more harm than good? The…
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Joaquin Phoenix’s Weight Loss for Joker Is No Joke
Since the release of the movie Joker, it seems almost as much attention has been paid to actor Joaquin Phoenix’s dramatic…
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