Show Notes
Deb Burgard, PhD, FAED* is a psychologist and activist from the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in concerns about body image, eating, weight stigma, and relationships. She is also one of the founders of the Health at Every Size(r) model, the original BodyPositive.com website, and the Show Me the Data listserv, building communities where people can find each other and the resources to resist weight stigma, especially in medical and psychological treatment. Her activism includes working with healthcare providers to integrate an understanding of the social determinants of health and creating interventions that address structural oppression and support stigma resistance. She can be found at conferences sparking impromptu dance parties in the pool.
Fellow, Academy for Eating Disorders
Links:
Poodle Science video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H89QQfXtc-k Review of HAES lit paper: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jobe/2014/983495/
www.sizediversityandhealth.org The Association for Size Diversity and Health.
"What Is Wrong with the War on Obesity?" http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244018772888
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