Exercise During Pregnancy May Cut Cesarean Risk

Image from World Obesity Federation Image Bank* I'm a big fan of being proactive in pregnancy. I think eating healthfully, getting enoug...

The Healing Effect of Health At Every Size College Courses

When I went to college I was truly shocked by the amount of eating-disordered behavior I saw there. In time I discovered I knew several peop...

Adventures in Gardening: Hügelkultur Experiments

Periodically, I write about gardening on this blog. I'm sure some readers scratch their heads and wonder why, given that I generally foc...

Lipedema, self acceptance, and trolls

Image from this article This is a really interesting article  by Courtney Mina about dealing with the fat hate that often accompanies being ...

A Weight-Inclusive Approach to Health

J Obes. 2014;2014:983495. doi: 10.1155/2014/983495. Epub 2014 Jul 23.  The weight-inclusive versus weight-normative approach to health: eval...

Intuitive Eating and Postpartum Weight

There is intense pressure from some care providers to lose pregnancy weight gain after the baby is born. This is because many women do retai...