Millions of Americans planned to stuff themselves yesterday. While listening to local radio morning shows, throughout this month, I heard about deep frying turkeys and listened to giddy voices discuss how much they could eat. I realized that Thanksgiving day truly is the Intuitive Eating Super Bowl! From dealing with a culturally sanctioned agreement to [...]

Is being overweight really a bad habit? A few weeks ago, I read a featured article on Yahoo.com entitled “Making up for Bad Health Habits.” My eyes closed and opened again repeatedly in disbelief when I saw “Being Overweight” as the #5 bad health habit listed in this editorial along with “habits” like #3 Smoking [...]

In the News: Call overweight people ‘fat” instead of ‘obese’, says British Public Health Minister, Anne Milton. Her reasoning: “The former nurse said larger people were less likely to bother to try to lose weight if they were told they were obese or overweight than if the doctor was blunt and said they were ‘fat’.” [...]