weight stigma Articles

Weight Stigma Isn’t Disappearing — It’s Rebranding When I scroll my Instagram feed, I see: GLP-1 ads. Longevity hacks. “Metabolic optimization.” Before-and-after photos. And so on. Things are getting intense out there. It’s no surprise to me that when our world feels...

Forbidden foods are a problem for most dieters. Dieters tend to view “forbidden” foods as “bad” foods which are avoided or restricted when dieting. Avoiding and restricting these foods actually causes an increased desire to want those very foods. When the dieter gets...

Binge eating for most folks typically looks like eating larger quantities of food (and usually not celery sticks!) in isolation, in a rapid fashion and with intense guilt and shame. It is marked by a sense of feeling ‘out-of-control,' as if someone has hijacked you....

First off, I LOVE me some Lizzo. I’m a fan and I’ve watched her reality show called, “Watch out for the big gurls” and literally wept tears of joy for her affirmation of diverse and bigger (fat) bodies. I love how unapologetic she is and how she emphasizes physical...