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Body Neutrality Resources
Health at Every Size (HAES)
Health at Every Size is a framework developed by Lindo Bacon, PhD, focusing on:
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Respect
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Weight inclusivity
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Compassionate self-care
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Eating based on internal cues
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Joyful movement
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Rejecting weight stigma in healthcare
HAES is not:
“Everyone is healthy at any size.”
It is:
Everyone deserves respect, quality care, and opportunities for well-being without weight stigma.
Books & Resources:
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Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight — Lindo Bacon
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Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand About Weight — Lindo Bacon & Lucy Aphramor
Organizations:
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Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)
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Offers directories for HAES-aligned providers
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Publishes articles & education on weight stigma
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Aubrey Gordon (Your Fat Friend)
Aubrey Gordon is one of the most impactful voices writing about fatness, anti-fat bias, and cultural assumptions around bodies. Her work is compassionate, sharp, deeply researched, and incredibly validating.
Books to explore:
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What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat
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You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People
Podcast:
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Maintenance Phase (co-hosted with Michael Hobbes) — a takedown of diet culture, wellness scams, and health misinformation.
(Highly recommend starting with the “BMI,” “The Obesity Epidemic,” or “The Body Mass Index” episodes.)
Website:
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yourfatfriend.com
Body Neutrality & Mindset Shifts
These approaches helped me when “body positivity” felt out of reach:
Key ideas:
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You don’t have to love your body to treat it with kindness.
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Your worth is not tied to how you look.
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Bodies change, and that’s normal.
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You can focus on what your body does instead of how it looks.
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Finding goals to work towards are an encouraging motivation to get moving, or focusing on strengthening yourself, instead of using exercise to punish your body
Helpful creators & educators:
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