Resources
Books
Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond. Amy Pershing with Chevise Turner
Body Respect: What conventional health books get wrong, leave out and fail to understand about weight. Lindo Bacon, PhD and Lucy Aphramor, PhD, RD
Embody: Learning to Love your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice). Connie Sobczak
When Women Stop Hating their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight obsession. Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter
8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience. Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb
Sick Enough: A guide to the medical complications of eating disorders. Jennifer Gaudiani MD
Health at Every Size. Lindo Bacon, PhD
Body Positive Power: How to Stop Dieting, Make Peace with Your Body and Live. Megan Jayne Crabbe (aka @bodyposipanda)
Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit dieting and declare a truce with your body. Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby
Body of Truth: How Science, History and Culture Drive our Obsession with Weight - and What We Can Do about It. Harriet Brown (author of Brave Girl Eating)
Anti-Diet: Reclaim your time, well-being and happiness through intuitive eating. Christy Harrison.
Intuitive Eating. Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD and Elyse Resch, MS, RD, FADA
The Diet Survivor’s Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating. Judith Matz, LCSW and Ellen Frankel, LCSW
If Not Dieting, Then What? Dr Rick Kausman
Fat is a Feminist Issue. Susie Orbach.
Bodies. Susie Orbach.
The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling and Start Living. Dr Russ Harris, MD
Video
What is Beauty? (Anna Ginsberg) Essential viewing - demonstrates how beauty standards for women have changed over time
Poodle Science (ASDAH) This short animation perfectly illustrates the problems with the assumptions underlying the "science" of weight and health
Podcasts
Food Psych (Christy Harrison)
Maintenance Phase (Michael Hobbes and Aubrey Gordon)
Let's Talk (Butterfly Foundation)
Find Your Food Voice (previously Love, Food) (Julie Dillon)
Recovery Warriors (Resources for Eating Disorder Recovery)
The Mindful Dietitian (Fiona Sutherland)
Life Unrestricted (Meret Boxler)
Every Body (Daria Matza)
Research and Articles
Covid-19 Does Not Discriminate by Body Weight - Thank you Christy Harrison
3 Reasons Why You Should Never Comment on Someone's Weight - an article by Jennifer Rollin that might help a loved one understand
The Weight of the Evidence: It’s Time to Stop Telling Fat People to Become Thin - an article by Harriet Brown that discusses the evidence that diets damage our health
Everything You Know About 'Obesity' Is Wrong - an article by Michael Hobbes that explores how the medical community has ignored mountains of evidence about weight and health
How We've Come to Believe That Overeating Causes 'Obesity' - an article by Sandy Szwarc that explores the science behind overeating
The 'Obesity' Paradox: Scientists Now Think That Being Overweight Can Protect Your Health - an article by Harriet Brown that challenges the myth that thin equals healthy
Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift - a scientific paper evaluating the evidence for shifting the focus of health care from weight to health
Healthy Lifestyle Habits and Mortality - a scientific paper exploring the association between health behaviours and decreased mortality risk, regardless of weight
Reject Diet Mentality - an article by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD that shows how dieting leads to weight gain
The Starvation Study That Changed the World - an article by Kelsey Miller discussing the famous Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Wanting to Lose Weight Isn’t Shameful - an article by Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC that unpacks the hard work of body acceptance
How Do I Deal With My Fear of Gaining Weight and Embrace Body Positivity? - a blog with some helpful strategies
What To Say To Kids About Sugar - an article that explores how 'good' and 'bad' food messaging impacts kids
Rethinking Food Addiction - an article that unpacks myths around 'food addiction'
Breathe, Exhale, Repeat: The Benefits of Controlled Breathing - an article by Leslie Alderman exploring the benefits of breathing practices
What to Say at the Doctor's Office - thank you Ragen Chastain