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Towards HAES A Personal Journey Sharon Curtis

Towards HAES A Personal Journey Sharon Curtis. feel BAD from eating too much. feel BAD from being too fat. want comfort!. Dieting fails to achieve weight-loss: The weight comes back Not enough willpower. A vicious circle of compulsive overeating:. eat too much. Steps to HAES.

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Towards HAES A Personal Journey Sharon Curtis

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  1. Towards HAESA Personal JourneySharon Curtis

  2. feel BAD from eating too much feel BAD from being too fat want comfort! Dieting fails to achieve weight-loss: • The weight comes back • Not enough willpower A vicious circle of compulsive overeating: eat too much

  3. Steps to HAES • Dieting doesn't produce lasting weight loss. In general, a significant body size change is close to impossible to achieve safely in the long term, for the vast majority. • Making people feel bad about their bodies is not only unethical but does not help further health. • Restriction of food increases desirability of food and encourages disordered eating.

  4. eat too much feel BAD from eating too much feel BAD from being too fat want comfort! A common way to try and break the cycle:

  5. eat too much feel BAD from eating too much feel BAD from being too fat want comfort! Instead: • observe reasons for eating and change • legalise food • fat acceptance

  6. Steps to HAES • Dieting doesn't produce lasting weight loss. In general, a significant body size change is close to impossible to achieve safely in the long term, for the vast majority. • Making people feel bad about their bodies is not only wrong but does not help further health. • Restriction of food increases desirability of food and encourages disordered eating. • Food freedom can lead to a stable body weight. • Body (particularly fat) acceptance is important for happiness and mental health. • Information about body size and health is wildly distorted, exaggerated and misreported.

  7. Sorlie et al (1980) Body Build and Mortality: The Framingham Study. JAMA Vol. 243, No. 18, 1828-1831

  8. Drenick et al. (1980) Excessive Mortality and Causes of Death in Morbidly Obese Men. JAMA Vol.243, No.5, pp 443-445

  9. Garner & Wooley (1991)Confronting the failure of behavioral and dietary treatments for obesity Clinical Psychology ReviewVolume 11, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 729-780

  10. Steps to HAES • Dieting doesn't produce lasting weight loss. More generally, significant safe long-term body size change is close to impossible for the vast majority. • Making people feel bad about their bodies is not only wrong but does not help further health. • Restriction of food increases desirability of food and encourages disordered eating. • Food freedom can lead to a stable body weight. • Body (particularly fat) acceptance is important for happiness and mental health. • Information about body size and health is wildly distorted, exaggerated and misreported. • It does not make sense to make size a goal, but it can be a useful piece of information (amongst many others) to take into account in an approach to health.

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