Health at Every Size
A Runner’s Story of Growing Beyond Diet Culture
If you had to compare running to a recipe, what would be key ingredients? Blog post by Adwoa Asante I first learned about diet culture and disordered eating on my way out of a 10K race with one of my dear friends, Lizzie. It was a cloudy fall day in October 2017. I could tell…
Read MoreNumbers Don’t Tell the Full Story: Medical Weight Bias
Blog post by Adwoa Asante My heart drops these days as I’m called back for a routine appointment. Not only is my name mispronounced but the scale awaits me. I look up as if to avoid eye contact with the scale and mutter “I don’t need to know what the scale says” and…
Read MoreHow Diet Culture Impacted My Family
Blog post by Debra Buchanan I was very careful not to use the word, ‘diet’, as my three children, now spanning early teens through age 20, were growing up. I strongly felt that for them to have a healthy relationship with food, we should focus on how to “eat healthy” as opposed to what…
Read MoreYoga for Eating Disorder Recovery
The power of moving slowly There is a wide variety of yoga styles and it can be confusing about which ones are right for you. One major distinction is fast-paced versus slow-placed. Fast-paced (power yoga) can often feel more like a workout, while slow-paced yoga allows for more intentional connection to your breath and body.…
Read MoreMeet Maggie Perkins: A Health at Every Size Dietitian
Meet Maggie Perkins, a registered dietitian who will be working with Current Wellness! We are so excited to introduce her work to our community. Read more about her unique perspective on nutrition and how she uses Health at Every Size principles with her clients. How does nutrition support wellness? Humans must eat to live. We…
Read MoreWhat is Health at Every Size®?
Health at Every Size® (HAES) is a paradigm shift in the health and wellness field, that is often misunderstood. For one, the name is slightly confusing. HAES does not directly mean you can be healthy at every size. Secondly, we’ve been so accustomed to the narrative that thin people are healthy and that “obese” people…
Read MoreWeight is not a Measurement for Health: BMI is Bulls*$!
The “War on Obesity” was intended to promote health and has actually done the exact opposite. Using BMI to measure health has infused weight stigma into the medical profession, fitness profession, and has been a major contributor to diet culture. (Think of diet culture as that sneaky message telling you that if only you’d lose…
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