Health At Every Size News for October 2006

Current news and events from experts of Health At Every Size, a weight-neutral approach to good health that focuses on behavior, not BMI.

Bowling Green, OH (PRWEB) October 4, 2006 -- Yahoo! is the first major internet provider to strike a blow for fat civil rights online. Groups that work for an end to weight-based discrimination have long used Yahoo! Groups for internet-based community building. These communications have been interrupted by weight-loss ads that are anathema to our health beliefs and civil rights purpose. In Health At Every Size, we recognize that weight-loss goals lead to poor nutrition and exercise habits, weight cycling (losing and regaining), eating disorders, and other health risks. Instead, we focus on enjoying health-enhancing habits (like good nutrition and regular exercise) for their own sake.

Love Your Body Day

The 9th annual Love Your Body Day is October 18. Love Your Body Day was created in 1998 by NOW (National Organization of Women) Foundation’s Women’s Health Project as “a national day of action to speak out against advertisements and images of women that are harmful, offensive, disrespectful and demeaning.” Love Your Body Day activities promote a positive body image and encourage women to love and celebrate their bodies. Health practitioners with a Health At Every Size philosophy have embraced this event as a day to plan an activity that shows the relationship between good health and loving your body.

HEALTH AT EVERY SIZE events in October:

OCTOBER 1

WHO: Peggy Elam, PhD

WHAT: Book signing, Queen Size Diva Dance Weekend & Joy of Movement Celebration

WHERE: Global Education Center, 4822 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN

CONTACT: (615) 292-3023

WHO: Nomi Dekel, MFT

WHAT: Launch of a new website, VoluptuArt: Art & Gifts for Celebrating Your Body™

WHERE: www.voluptuart.com/

OCTOBER 2

WHO: National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance

WHAT: Launch of new website and new 5-year goals for fat civil rights

WHERE: On the web at NAAFA dot org

CONTACT: (916)558-6880

OCTOBER 5

WHO: Sandy Schaffer, certified fitness trainer, and Rochelle Rice, MA, certified fitness coach and author of Real Fitness for Real Women

WHAT: Workshop on “Core Success for the Overweight”

WHEN: 1:15pm

WHERE: IDEA Personal Trainer Conference, New York City, New York

CONTACT: (800) 999-4332

WHO: Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?—Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for Your Size!

WHAT: Weight diversity training

WHEN: 4:10pm-7pm

WHERE: San Francisco State University Women’s Health course, San Francisco, California

CONTACT: (415) 516-1474

OCTOBER 5-OCTOBER 18

WHO: Veronica Cook-Euell

WHAT: Two-part interview with Deb Burgard, PhD, licensed psychologist and Health At Every Size advocate, Size Matters Radio Show (on-line) Part I, "Fat & Feminism," airs 10/5-11, Part II, "Fat Civil Rights," airs 10/12-18.

WHERE: On the web at Size Matters Too dot com

CONTACT: (330) 668-9778

OCTOBER 9

WHO: Judith Matz, LCSW and Ellen Frankel, LCSW, Authors of The Diet Survivor’s Handbook (2006)    

WHAT: Full day workshop, Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Treatment of Compulsive Eating,

WHEN: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

WHERE: Renfrew Center Foundation Conference for Professionals, “Feminist Perspective and Beyond: Maximizing Change in the Treatment of Eating Disorders.” Philadelphia Airport Marriott

OCTOBER 10

WHO: Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?—Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for Your Size!

WHAT: Weight diversity training

WHEN: 4pm

WHERE: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

CONTACT: (415) 516-1474

OCTOBER 16

WHO: Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?—Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for Your Size!

WHAT: Weight diversity training

WHEN: 7pm

WHERE: University of Texas, Austin, Texas

CONTACT: (415) 516-1474

OCTOBER 18 (Love Your Body Day)    

WHO: Peggy Elam, Phd

WHAT: “Love Your Body Day” public lecture on “The F-Word: Why Loving Your Body, Fat & All, Is Good for your Health.”

WHEN: 12:15 p.m. Followed by Q & A

WHERE: Backdoor Playhouse, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN

CONTACT: (931)372-3850

WHO: Anne Kaplan, PhD, CPCC

WHAT: Teleworkshop, “Love Your Fat Body, Love Your Whole Self…No Matter What ‘they’ have to say.”

WHEN: Two one-hour sessions, choose either one: 11am EDT or 7pm EDT

WHERE: Attend via telephone from anywhere, number provided on registration

CONTACT: LYBDworkshop at amplealiveness dot com

WHO: Queen Bee Productions

WHAT: Theatrical performance of “For Beauty’s Sake.”

WHEN: 10 am

WHERE: Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio

CONTACT: queenb at queen b productions dot com

OCTOBER 19-21

WHO: Jon Robison Phd, MS

WHAT: Workshops on HAES and HUGS, Keynote speaker, “Low Carb, Low Fat, Normal Eating…What’s That?” and “The War on Obesity”

WHERE: Eating Disorder Education Organization (EDEO) Conference, Beyond Beauty. Fantasy land Hotel, Edmonton

CONTACT: (780) 944-2864

OCTOBER 27-8

WHO: Ellyn Herb, PhD

WHAT: Continuing education course, “The Psychology of Obesity: Health At Every Size”

WHERE: John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California

CONTACT:(800) 696-5358

OCTOBER 28

WHO: Paul Ernsberger, PhD, Department of Nutrition

WHAT: “Covering Obesity in Your Community” workshop

WHERE: Association of Health Care Journalists regional conference, hosted by Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

CONTACT: Christy Stretz, (573) 884-5606

OCTOBER 31

WHO: Glenn A. Gaesser, PhD, University of Virginia

WHAT: “Obesity: Beyond the Headlines” lecture

WHERE: Dairy Council of Arizona nutrition conference, Tempe, Arizona

CONTACT: (434) 924-3543

Coming in November…

NOVEMBER 5-11

WHO: Green Mountain at Fox Run in concert with Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School

WHAT: Living Well: A Women’s Healthy Lifestyle Program for Mastering Type 2 Diabetes & Prediabetes

WHERE: Green Mountain at Fox Run, Ludlow, Vermont

CONTACT: (800) 448-8106

The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) is an international professional organization composed of individual and organizations members who are committed to the principles of Health At Every Size (HAES). The mission of the Association for Size Diversity and Health is to promote education, research, and the provision of services which enhance health and well-being, and which are free from weight-based assumptions and weight discrimination.

CONTACT for ASDAH: Marilyn Wann

HAES experts listed in this press release are members of ASDAH.

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