Learn More About Weight-Inclusivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The resources on this page are also some of our favorites for framing the importance and impact of weight inclusivity, check them out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Professional Development Modules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
We’ve created a set of professional development modules on anti-fat bias, diet culture, and the relationship between weight and health <\/a>you can access here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Maintenance Phase<\/a> – Great myth busting of common topics in diet culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can I Have Another Snack<\/a> – Wonderful information on how to apply anti-diet themes to child feeding<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vermont Edition<\/a> – Interview with practitioners in Vermont who are Weight-Inclusive<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Brain Food Podcast<\/a> – Hear our own Jordan Levinson talk about the feedback loop between weight stigma and eating disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People<\/a> – Aubrey Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat<\/a> – Aubrey Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fearing the Black Body<\/a> – Sabrina Strings<\/p>\n\n\n\n Intuitive Eating<\/a> – Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Intuitive Eating Workbook<\/a> – Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anti-Diet<\/a> – Christy Harrison<\/p>\n\n\n\n Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness<\/a> – Da’shaun Harrison<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love<\/a> – Sonya Renee Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fat Talk – Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture<\/a> – Virginia Sole-Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Can I Have Another Snack Newsletter<\/a> – Laura Thomas, Great information about child feeding<\/p>\n\n\n\n Weight and Healthcare Newsletter <\/a>– Ragen Chastain, evidence-based discussions of the shortcomings of associating weight with health<\/p>\n\n\n\n HAES Health Sheets<\/a> – resources to help address common health concerns from a weight-inclusive perspective<\/p>\n\n\n\n The following journal articles are great foundational material for examining why weight-inclusive education and care are important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An Evidence-Based Rationale for Adopting Weight-Inclusive Health Policy – Hunger et al., 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss – Tylka et al., 2014<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/win\/files\/2026\/02\/oreo.png\")
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