Health Beyond Weight

If I could sit down with my 12-year-old self, the girl on the brink of a decades-long battle with her body and food, I would take her hand and tell her what I now know: Diets won’t bring you peace. They won’t make you feel safe in your body or at home in yourself. I wish someone had said to...

Every year on May 6th, International No Diet Day offers a moment of pause in a world that’s constantly telling us to shrink, sculpt, and control our bodies. The day was originally created to challenge the harmful effects of diet culture and promote body acceptance. But this day is more than just...

If you've ever been told that you need to lose weight for your health, you're not alone. The dominant narrative suggests that a higher weight causes poor health and that weight loss is the key to preventing disease. But what if this assumption is flawed? What if weight is not the reliable indicator of...

Can you picture a world with no scales, no mirrors, no reflective surfaces, no cameras, no photographs and no sizes on clothing? In this world, all clothes automatically resize so they always fit perfectly - and there are no fatphobic bigots either. What then? Do you worry about your weight? Do...

It's January! It's a time of year where there is a big focus on resolutions, goals and ways to improve your health. One of the most common ways people think they can improve their health is by going on a diet. But I have to level with you: going on a diet should NOT be part of the goal to improve...

My one precious life used to be devoted to the pursuit of thinness. My time was very much taken up with researching the next diet, detox or 'lifestyle change,' aka 'diet and exercise plan.' Conversations at dinner parties, cocktail parties, and birthday parties were all about the food and whichever diet...