Embodied Practitioner
Dealing with Toxic Lunchroom Talk and Advocating for the Possibility for Culture Change
It’s a common scenario, most of us have probably experienced it. We’re having lunch at work, decompressing, enjoying leftovers, maybe a sandwich and some cookies or takeout, and it happens. “I must have gained XX amount of pounds over vacation.” “I really shouldn’t be eating this, I’m so bad!” “We are doing Whole 30/keto/etc. I…
Continue reading....Rethinking Food Addiction
By Mikalina Kirkpatrick with Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant Food addiction is a phrase you’ve probably heard. It’s been used in a wide variety of contexts, with increasing frequency over the past 40 years, to invoke many of the same ideas believed about drug addiction. New science finds, though, that many widely held beliefs about…
Continue reading....Do you have to be so divisive? Reflections on the BEDA/NEDA conference (and ways to move forward together)
Of any conference, we feel most at home at BEDA. We adore the smart, passionate and loving people that work in this field. BEDA and NEDA joined forces to offer a joint conference for the first time, which has the potential to be a hopeful step towards more equity and inclusion work. This union also…
Continue reading....Body Trust® Insights with Liz Gow
Liz, thank you for your courage, your vulnerability, and your beautiful heart! It is a blessing to have your presence here. I was so surprised by just how much I have been entrenched, and still am influenced, by the diet mentality. I had not realized that and how much I have been body checking. …
Continue reading....Be a critical reviewer of weight science
The amount of weight bias in the literature (and therefore the medical community) is astounding. Health care providers must become critical reviewers of the research to provide safe and ethical services. Many of the studies finding a correlation between weight and health have not controlled for things like SES, weight cycling, fitness, stigma, oppression, trauma,…
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