WEBSITES

• Curvy Yoga with Anna Guest-Jelley
• Linda Bacon, PhD, author of Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight 
• The Body Is Not An Apology
• Association for Size Diversity and Health
• Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
• Eating Disorders Recovery and Support
• Intuitive Eating
• The International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (IAEDP)
• Fat!So?
• Andrea’s Voice Foundation
• About Face
• Top Five Mental Health Problems Facing College Students
• Families Empowered and Supporting the Treatment of Eating Disorders
• Gurze Books
• Eating Disorders Resource Catalog
• Voluptuart—Arts and Gifts for Celebrating your Body!
• The Militant Baker Jes Baker is queen!
• Ragen Chastain  Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are Not Size Dependent
• Vancouver Coastal Health Resources:
  • Let’s talk about weight. Accessed Apr 11, 2022.
  • Focus on Health, not Weight (download PDF from vch.ca). Accessed Apr 11, 2022.
• Association for Size Diversity and Health:
  • About Health at Every Size® (HAES®). Accessed Apr 11, 2022.
• Campaigning to end medical weight stigma:
  • noweigh.org. Accessed Apr 11, 2022.
• HAES Health Sheet Library (how to manage various diseases without recommending intentional weight loss):
  • haeshealthsheets.com/the-health-sheet-library. Accessed Apr 11, 2022

ARTICLES

• What’s wrong with the war on obesity? (O’Hara & Taylor, 2018). Accessed Apr 11, 2022.
• Weight science: Evaluating the evidence for a paradigm shift (Bacon & Aphramor, 2011). Accessed Apr 11, 2022.
• The epidemiology of overweight and obesity: Public health crisis or moral panic? (Campos et al. 2005). Accessed Apr 11, 2022.
• Weight loss versus increasing fitness and physical activity for reducing health risks (Gaesser & Angadi 2021). Accessed Apr 11, 2022

BOOKS

• Harrison DL. Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness. California, US: North Atlantic Books; 2021.
• Gordon A. What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat. Massachusetts, US: Beacon Press; 2020. 
• Bacon  L. & Aphramor, L. (2014). Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight.Texas: BenBella Books, Inc.
• Bacon, L. (2008). Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight.Texas: BenBella Books, Inc.
• Berg, F. (2008). Women Afraid to Eat: Breaking Free in Today’s Weight-Obsessed World.Hettinger, ND: Healthy Weight Network.
• Bloom, C. (1994). Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model.New York: Basic Books.
• Bornstein, K. (1998). My Gender Workbook. New York: Routledge Books.
• Brach, T. (2004). Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha.New York: Bantam Books.
• Chernin, K. (1981). The Obsession: Reflections On The Tyranny Of Slenderness.New York: Harper & Row.
• Fraser, L. (1998). Losing It: False Hopes and Fat Profits in the Diet Industry.New York: Plume.
• Gaesser, G. (2002). Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight And Your Health. Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books.
• Gendler, J. R. (2007). Notes on the Need for Beauty: An Intimate Look at an Essential Quality. New York: Marlowe & Company.
• Hanson, R. (2013). Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence.New York: Harmony Books.
• Hays, L. (1989). Love Your Body: A Positive Affirmation Guide For Loving and Appreciating Your Body. United States: Hays House, Inc.
• Johnson, S. (2013). Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships.New York: Little, Brown and Company.
• Kater, K. (2004). Real Kids Come in All Sizes: Ten Essential Lessons to Build Your Child’s Body Esteem.New York: Broadway Books.
• Kater, K. (2012). Healthy Bodies: Teaching Kids What They Need to Know.North Saint Paul, MN: Body Image Health.
• Koenig, K. (2005). The Rules of “Normal” Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between!Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books.
• Normandi, C. & Roark, L. (2001). Over It: A Teen’s Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions with Food and Weight.Novato, CA: New World Library.
• Normandi, C. & Roark, L. (1999). It’s Not About Food.New York: Perigee Books.
• Oliver, J.E. (2009). Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America’s Obesity Epidemic.New York: Oxford University Press.
• Orbach, S. (2009). New York: Picador.
• Orbach, S. (2002). Susie Orbach On Eating.London: Penguin Books.
• Satter, E. (2008). Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family.Madison, WI: Kelcy Press.
• Smeltzer, D. (2006). Andrea’s Voice: Silenced by Bulimia.Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books.
• Wann, M. (1998). Fat! So?: Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for Your Size.Berkeley: Ten Speed Press.

PODCASTS

• Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back (view)
  • Hosts: Marquisele Mercedes, Da’Shaun Harrison, Caleb Luna, Bryan Guffey, and Jordan Underwood
  • Description: “Join fat activists… as they break down how and why anti-fatness shows up in our lives and relationships”
• My Black Body Podcast (view)
  • Hosts: Rawijah Tariq and Jessica Wilson
  • Description: “Out stories are medicine … overlooked in spaces that have actively de-centered Black bodies and voices… by supporting this podcast, you can help decolonize narratives about and around Black bodies and facilitate their much-needed healing”
• Maintenance Phase (view)
  • Hosts: Michael Hobbes and Aubrey Gordon
  • Description: “Debunk the junk science behind health and wellness fads”