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by Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD As I write this post, I am set to turn 66 in five days. And I didn’t want to go to the doctor last week… Read More »Fighting the Good Fight Against Weight Stigma: Start with Yourself
by Dr. Jenny Copeland, PsyD Every now and then, it’s good to take stock of your life: of where you are and where you want to be. Have you achieved… Read More »What Does It Mean To Love Your Body?
It’s Weight Stigma Awareness Week (WSAW), an initiative from the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) with the goals of: increasing awareness of the pervasiveness and destructive nature of weight stigma,… Read More »It’s Weight Stigma Awareness Week
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA Next week is Weight Stigma Awareness Week. As I pondered what to write about that, I found myself getting irritated that we need an awareness… Read More »A Different Kind of Understanding