I’ve been reporting on Mosaic Comprehensive Care in Chapel Hill, NC, for an upcoming story. It is, as far as I can tell, the only primary care medical practice in the country to offer weight-inclusive care. There are no scales …
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I’ve been reporting on Mosaic Comprehensive Care in Chapel Hill, NC, for an upcoming story. It is, as far as I can tell, the only primary care medical practice in the country to offer weight-inclusive care. There are no scales …
I tend to have a little panic attack at the start of August. Because summer is my most favorite season (yes, even the 98 degree days though I am a person with air conditioning privilege) and I start to get …
I’m so thrilled to be participating in my girl Ragen’s iVillage slideshow of Diet Quitters.
A) Because it’s really fun to be back over in iVillage Never Say Diet land for a visit.
B) Because I’ll be so stoked if …
So here’s the thing: I’m sick.
Not in a life-threatening way. Or a crazy way. But rather, in a way that makes it hard to even type “I’m sick,” because I definitely don’t identify with those words. I don’t have …
We’re only one week into 2012 and I’ve already lost count of all the weight loss and beauty makeover-related press releases in my inbox. I could be doing a massive Fun With Press Releases series for y’all, but honestly? I’m …
The main thesis behind Why Women Need Fat (out this month from William Lassek, MD and Steven Gaulin, PhD of the University of Pittsburgh) is super fascinating and builds nicely on the Fat Trap business we were talking about yesterday: …
Apologies to the friends who were sharing the New York Times around my breakfast table over the weekend and thus, have already heard all of my rantings on the subject of Tara Parker-Pope’s New York Times Magazine cover story, “…
I actually wrote this Never Say Diet post back before Thanksgiving, but I somehow missed posting about it here (maybe this was why). (Un)Fortunately, it’s what we in the news biz call an “evergreen” because, well, mountains of holiday food …
But don’t worry. This website — which culls its literary talent from the very finest of frat boys and 40-year-old virgins — won’t come right out and say that to your face. Instead, they present a slideshow, imaginatively titled “…
On page 160 of the December issue, Glamour invites you to “design your best body,” explaining that the difference about — weight training? society’s expectations? democracy? it is unclear — today is “you can pick your look.”
So. Big decision …
An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today’s toxic food culture.
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