Are Scare Tactics Causing More Harm Than Good?
April 17, 2015 by iaedp
Filed under Eating Disorders, Fat Talk, Food Revolution, HAES, Healthy Communication, Healthy Eating, Loving Your Body, Nutrition, Obesity, Orthorexia, Prevention, Self-Care, Talking To Kids, Weight Stigma, Wellness
How to live in a processed world and make right choices. Do scare tactics work? I know the new documentary Fed Up declares that scare tactics have worked for decreasing tobacco sales. Personally, I worry that scare tactics will actually contribute to more fat shaming, diet shaming and finger pointing. I was really surprised that […]
Weight Stigma and First Lady of the USA
November 19, 2013 by Becky Henry
Filed under Body Image, Featured
Last week, progress was made regarding the overt shaming of fat people. Some everyday heroes went to the Office of the First Lady of the United States of America to help educate about the dangers of weight stigma. You wonder, ‘what harm can this do?’, after all we have an obesity epidemic. How would you […]
Free Online Eating Psychology Conference, August 5-9. Sign up Information
June 27, 2013 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Fitness, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Obesity, Recovery, Weight Stigma, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
First Global Online Eating Psychology Conference August 5-9, 2013. I’m excited to announce that I’m one of the featured experts in the 1st Global Online Eating Psychology Conference. This conference certainly includes information related to eating disorders, and covers so much more. Men and women are concerned about weight and body image. How to eat, […]
A Disease of Self Hatred
June 25, 2013 by Joslyn Smith
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, HAES, Loving Your Body, Obesity, Prevention, Recovery
On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced that its House of Delegates (against the recommendation of AMA’s own expert committee tasked with studying the issue) “voted to recognize obesity as a disease state with multiple aspects requiring a range of interventions to advance obesity treatment and prevention.” Several excellent responses […]
Binge Eating Disorder — The Bridge Between Obesity and Eating Disorders
March 7, 2013 by BEDA
Filed under Binge Eating, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Featured, HAES, Mental Health, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Wellness
Written by Robyn Hussa Farrell and Chevese Turner — Founders of NORMAL and BEDA, respectively. As we know, the nation is caught in the grip of epidemic health crisis, including both mental health and obesity. Following extensive recent studies, we now know that mental illness (including addictions) is more widespread than previously imagined and is […]
How effective is “fat shaming” in gaining health?
January 25, 2013 by Becky Henry
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, HAES, Obesity
While preparing to read this article I took many deep breaths and prepared my research to help promote an honest, respectful, heart centered dialog to get answers to the question; How effective is “fat shaming” in gaining health? Why the deep breaths? Well, I remember when many people felt it was okay to use the […]
Precocious Puberty: A Risk Factor For Eating Disorders
February 7, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Eating Disorders, Featured, Nutrition, Obesity, Parents
It is important to consider the psychological effects of early puberty.
Wall Street Journal Article – “Eating to Live or Living to Eat?”
July 15, 2010 by MamaV
Filed under Binge Eating, Body Image, HAES
This guest post is from Love 2 Eat in PA On Tuesday, my husband showed me a really interesting article in the Wall Street Journal. It was called “Eating to Live or Living to Eat? Stomach vs. Brain: Discovering Why Some People Can Resist Dessert While Others Can’t” By Melinda Beck. It was a really […]
