Christy Harrison’s Anti-Diet Hits Shelves in Time for 2020 Weight Loss Resolutions
October 22, 2021The 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
June 18, 2020Any 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
April 2, 2020If 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
March 17, 2020TLC’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
February 14, 2020Navigating Valentine’s Day while in recovery from an eating disorder can be tough. These tips and strategies will help make the…
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Latest Food Labeling Research Upholds Diet Culture
February 5, 2020How 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
January 30, 2020Trigger 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
December 19, 2019When 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
December 10, 2019The 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
November 5, 2019Since 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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