I have found it has also been paramount in this work of being a Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, and body liberation advocate, to have research to back my work. Our brains work well with numbers, calculations, and seeing collected data when grasping a new concept that goes against what we may have believed in the past to be true.
I have compiled some research below that I feel is applicable towards my field of work. Much if it is based on debunking a lot of bad science or information that has been mass populated, I feel, to our detriment. It is by no means an exhaustive list but is a start towards helping support my clients and those who might be interested in this work. My hope is to provide an opportunity to see another side of the research that is less “out there” through a collected batch of material.
Some of the information provided may be controversial, I understand, but it makes it no less important. If you’ve ever suffered from feeling a loss of worth following a failed diet attempt, or felt that your body was wrong, broken or not worthy of accepting love and compassion, this work is that much more important.
Weight Stigma
The Obesity Crisis is a Myth by Harriet Brown for The New York Post
Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift
How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health
Weight stigma is stressful. A review of evidence for the Cyclic Obesity/Weight-Based Stigma Model
The Moral Problems of Health Disparities
The Weight Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss
The Moral Problem of Health Disparities
The Broken Lens: How Anti-Fat Bias in Psychotherapy is Harming Our Clients and What To Do About It
What’s Wrong With the ‘War on Obesity?’ A Narrative Review of the Weight Centered Health Paradigm and Development of the 3C Framework to Build Critical Competency for a Paradigm Shift
How and why weight stigma drives the obesity ‘epidemic’ and harms health
Problematic Intentional Weight Loss
