Health at Every Size is based on the simple premise that the best way to improve health is to honor your body. It supports people in adopting good health habits for the sake of health and well-being (rather than weight control). Health at Every Size encourages:
• Accepting and respecting the natural diversity of body sizes and shapes.
• Eating in a flexible manner that values pleasure and honors internal cues of hunger, satiety and appetite.
• Finding the joy in moving one’s body and becoming more physically vital.
Check out the HAES Manifesto for more information.
Take the Live Well Pledge to support your commitment.
For additional resources, check out the Resources and Articles page.
Special Notes for Medical Practice
Check out End the War on Obesity: Make Peace With Your Patients, published in a peer-reviewed medical journal for physicians.
I have also just started a Frequently Asked Questions from Physicians page for those who are considering ways to implement HAES into their practice.
It is common for physicians to encourage weight loss and undermine patient's efforts to adopt HAES. If you would like to educate your physician, download this short cover letter to use as an accompaniement to the HAES Manifesto.