Category: Books
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HAES book: BMI & Politics
In her book Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight (reviewed here) Linda Bacon recalls her days as a PhD candidate. This was also when the BMI standards were lowered, and, coincidently enough, her mentor, Judy Stern, was a member of the NIH Obesity Task Force.* When I expressed my surprise of the standards being lowered, she encouraged me, as an academic exercise, to conduct a…
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HAES book: “But not dieting is harmful, right?”
You may have read about the study Linda Bacon conducted comparing a standard diet program with a nondieting, “Health at Every Size”-style program, or my post about Bacon’s book (Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight) yesterday. This is a story from the book that I wanted to shout from the treetops. :) Dr Bacon describes how she asked her mentor, Judith S. Stern,…
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Linda Bacon’s Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
Linda Bacon earned a master’s in psychotherapy, with a specialty in eating disorders and body image, and worked as a therapist before going back to school for a master’s degree in exercise science. Then she completed a doctorate in physiology, with a focus in nutrition and weight regulation. (There’s a reason this book’s 326 pages includes 29 pages of citations!) There is similarity with Glenn Gaesser’s Big…
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A bit more on asthma….
It’s been great hearing that others have run into the “You mean it’s asthma, not just that I’m fat?” experience. Thought you would be interested in this, from the American College of Physicians Home Medical Guide: Asthma …. Main symptoms of asthma: Wheezing: May occur with or without shortness of breath in response to a trigger or for no obvious reason. Shortness of breath: Often associated with…
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Dykes To Watch Out For
One of the things about being my size is that I don’t see many “people like me” in the media. TV, movies, books…generally if it seems at all like “the fattie” is a joke, not a character, I don’t bother watching or reading it. This does wonders for my sanity, even as it reduces my score on pop-culture quizzes. I do have Dykes to Watch Out For…
Living ~400lbs 