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While public health professionals frequently take pride in their commitment to social justice and equity, weight bias and size diversity are rarely discussed. Two Michigan Public Health researchers offer some ways to work toward eliminated weight stigma.
Though they promise fast results, research shows calorie-restricted diets aren’t the most effective ways to lose weight. Recent graduate Sean Bolourchi explores the science behind fast-track diets and explores alternatives that provide more long-term health improvements.
Our culture rejects larger body sizes, labeling individuals who live in large bodies as gluttonous, lazy, weak-willed, and sexually unattractive. But body size is just like any other characteristic that makes us unique.
Uniform, high-input farms, the hallmark of modern intensive agriculture, have produced an abundance of food unimaginable at the start of the last century. But a healthy diet remains out of reach for billions worldwide.
The recent deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain have sparked media and public dialogue about mental health and suicide. PhD Candidate Traci Carson explores how continuing the conversation is vital to building and improving mental health support and resources.
As National Mental Health Awareness Week continues, Registered Dietitian Lenora Goodman explores the mental and physical health ramifications of ‘fat-talk’, and provides recommendations for changing the conversation around weight, eating, and health.