Learn More About Weight-Inclusivity
Learning about weight-inclusivity often involves a complete unlearning of much of what we thought we knew about weight and health. This process can take time, but there are so many great resources available to help you learn more about the origins and harms of diet culture, anti-fat bias, and a weight-focused perspective on health. The resources on this page are some of our favorites for framing the importance and impact of weight inclusivity, check them out!
Podcasts
Maintenance Phase – Great myth busting of common topics in diet culture
Can I Have Another Snack – Wonderful information on how to apply anti-diet themes to child feeding
Full Bloom Podcast – Helpful parenting strategies around food/body
Books
“You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People – Aubrey Gordon
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat – Aubrey Gordon
Fearing the Black Body – Sabrina Strings
Intuitive Eating – Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
The Intuitive Eating Workbook – Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Anti-Diet – Christy Harrison
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness – Da’shaun Harrison
The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love – Sonya Renee Taylor
Fat Talk – Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture – Virginia Sole-Smith
Journal Articles
The following journal articles are great foundational material for examining why weight-inclusive education and care are important.
An Evidence-Based Rationale for Adopting Weight-Inclusive Health Policy – Hunger et al., 2020.
Newsletters/Resources
Can I Have Another Snack Newsletter – Laura Thomas, Great information about child feeding
Weight and Healthcare Newsletter – Ragen Chastain, evidence-based discussions of the shortcomings of associating weight with health
HAES Health Sheets – resources to help address common health concerns from a weight-inclusive perspective