Weight stigma is also known as weight bias or weight discrimination. Discriminating or stereotyping based on a person’s size. Weight stigma also manifests in fat phobia: the dislike or fear of being or becoming fat. Examples of weight stigma: Assuming someone in a...

Pregnancy Hunger & Intuitive Eating  You’ve heard the joke about pregnant women, eating for two, right?  While this is a funny notion, it’s not entirely true, at least from a calorie standpoint. Breastfeeding actually requires more calories compared to...

How to measure progress without stepping on the scale.  In my late teens and early twenties I was addicted to dieting, addicted to the scale. I even worked as a Weight Watcher “counselor” for a brief period of time. At my worst, I weighed myself daily, sometimes more....

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