The Health At Every Size Movement Has 5 Basic Tenets:
- Health Enhancement – attention to emotional, physical and spiritual well-being, without focus on weight loss or achieving a specific “ideal weight”
- Size and self-acceptance – respect and appreciation for the wonderful diversity of body shapes and sizes (including one’s own!), rather than the pursuit of an idealized weight or shape
- The pleasure of eating well – eating based on internal cues of hunger, satiety, and appetite, and individual nutritional needs rather than on external food plans or diets
- The joy of movement – encouraging all physical activities or the associated pleasure and health benefits, rather than following a specific routine of regimented exercise for the primary purpose of weight loss
- An end to weight bias – recognition that body shape, size and/or weight are not evidence of any particular way of eating, level of physical activity, personality, psychological issue or moral character; confirmation that there is beauty and worth in EVERY body
(from A Weigh Out)
Resources:
- Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon
- HAES UK – Frequently Asked Questions
- HAES UK – Resources
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