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According to Lindo Bacon, in Health at Every Size (2008), the basic premise of HAES is that "well-being and healthy habits are more important than any number on the scale." [7] Emily Nagoski, in her book Come as You Are (2015), promoted the idea of Health at Every Size for improving women's self-confidence and sexual well-being. [8] [page needed]
Health at Every Size, or HAES, is a movement that encourages us to make peace with our bodies. HAES principles encourage the development of healthy habits for the sake of health , not weight control.
Lindo Bacon, born and published as Linda Bacon, [1] is a nutritionist, researcher and author. They have a doctorate in physiology and master's degrees in exercise science and psychotherapy. [2] [3] [4] Much of Bacon's earliest work is in the Health at Every Size field, including Health at Every Size and Body Respect.
[citation needed] Informed by this approach, psychologists who were unhappy with the treatment of fat people in the medical world initiated the Health at Every Size movement. It has five basic tenets: (1) enhancing health, (2) size and self-acceptance (3) the pleasure of eating well, (4) the joy of movement, and (5) an end to weight bias. [52]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now classifies eggs as a “healthy, nutrient-dense" food, according to a new proposed rule. Registered dietitians react to the change.
“Health is not a body size. Health is not the number you see on the scale. Your worth as a human being isn’t dictated by your body. I thought I was fat the last time I wore these clothes.” ...
This approach has been advocated by scholars in behavioral and health economics as a promising method by which to address non-optimal consumer choices, including financial and health related behaviors (Rebecca K. Ratner et al. 2008, Kelli K. Garcia 2007, Peter Kooreman and Henriette Prast 2007).
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