Reddit reviews Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

She's real: http://www.amazon.com/Health-At-Every-Size-Surprising/dp/1935618253

Makes a lot of money off of people who buy into her HAES idea.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1935618253

also: $1.79 on Kindle

I am glad that someone has taken the time to "Debunk the Myths of the NIH's $1.5 Million 'Lesbians Are Fat' Study".

Otherwise my thoughts are:
-Look for documentaries on the manufacturing of America's obesity epidemic.
-Or the fact most of the physicians who signed on to "America's Obesity Epidemic" are on the boards of companies like Weight Watchers.
-Or that the number of Americans seriously effected by obesity has been greatly exaggerated by the CDC because it serves their initiatives which are not always direct promotion of health.
-Or, any of the things in here: http://www.nourishingconnections.com/obesity_myths_debunked.html
-Or Gina Kolata: http://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Thin-Science-Loss---Realities/dp/0374103984/
-Or Paul Campos - http://www.amazon.com/The-Obesity-Myth-Obsession-Hazardous/dp/1592400663
-Or Linda Bacon: http://www.amazon.com/Health-At-Every-Size-Surprising/dp/1935618253/

Also:
>"Which brings us back to that $1.5 million in total funding. That's true! Over the past two years, the project has been received $1,520,000, in two parts."

Talking about fiscal responsibility if you want to take all that money and put it towards something to improve the well-being of the lesbian community give it to studies of cancers that disproportionately effect the lesbian community AND things like trans-health studies on the effects of hormones. AND funding for homeless youth. AND intimate partner violence.

Higher BMI in most cases is not indicative of illness. Nor is playing with it, in the form of diets, preventative. In fact negative health outcomes are correlated with rapidly fluctuating weight. And it is quite possible fat prejudice KILLS more people annually than actual effects of obesity. Also: http://fathealth.wordpress.com/study-on-physicians-disrespect-of-fat-patients/

Seriously, this stuff makes me such a pissed off paper crane.

Oh, yeah, not even to mention the millions of women effected by disordered eating. Who are certainly not helped along by "no fat people" witchhunts. Lesbian sub-group or not.

What do I think about the fact that study was conducted in the manner it was conducted in? We need more women in positions of power in biomedical research because it's clear the world at large is incapable of guarding our well-being.

Health at every size people. Health at every size. http://www.haescommunity.org/

As for why lesbians might be bigger than avg female? I think we're capable of divorcing a lot of the pressure to shrink ourselves that comes from dating men. Many men-who-are-attracted-to-women seem to never get sick of the idea of less woman to love. And, if you desire the love of men, it's hard to not buy into that exchange. I've met many gay men with severe body issues. That's equally depressing. We are alive for such a short time. Modify your body as you see fit to find peace in yourself but, do it for you not because other people have told you to. And not to conform to industry ideals if it's harmful to yourself.

Oh, honey :( I do the same thing sometimes. I'm twice your size, but it happens to all of us. The best thing I can do for myself is to remember that getting down on my body isn't productive, and won't help me get anywhere... so I might as well learn to love it as it is.

You might enjoy the Health At Every Size book. Not only does it have some awesome science (with sources!), but she also does a really great job of helping you be less hard on yourself and start to love what you've got.

That's one side of the story. Not the only one. It is the side that is blessed by our fatphobic culture.

http://www.amazon.com/Obesity-Myth-Americas-Obsession-Hazardous/dp/1592400663?tag=duckduckgo-d-20

http://www.amazon.com/Health-At-Every-Size-Surprising/dp/1935618253/ref=pd_sim_b_1

www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Thin-Science-Loss-Realities/dp/B002GJU35U/ref=pd_sim_b_4

www.amazon.com/Lessons-Fat-sphere-Dieting-Declare/dp/0399534970/ref=pd_sim_b_5

http://www.amazon.com/FAT-SO-Because-Dont-Apologize/dp/0898159954/ref=pd_sim_b_6

I read! a lot! my favorite blog is http://danceswithfat.wordpress.com but i also read books- i highly highly recommend lessons from the fatosphere by kate harding and marianne kirby. I've also read Fat!So? by Marilyn Wann, The obesity Myth by Paul Campos. Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon PhD, and I'm currently reading Fat The Owner's Manual by Ragen Chastain and Fat Sex by Rebecca Jane Weinstein.

I also write... I write for three body positive blogs- my own, fierce freethinking fatties, and axis of fat. So I writ eout my insecurities and my strengths and I try my best to get back on track.

Bulking?

Intuitive Eating

Health at Every Size

Body Respect

Body Kindness

I haven't gotten close to finishing it but I like it so far: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0312321236?pc_redir=1409996414&robot_redir=1

Also Health At Every Size is a good book about the politics of eating and dieting and the science behind intuitive eating:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1935618253?pc_redir=1409897841&robot_redir=1

Definitely real she literally wrote the book on HAES.

You are right that we have different perspectives, but the woman is right. The cancer society has based their campaign off of bad information.

If you’re interested in reading more this book does a good job of summarizing the state of the science and why we as a society need to think harder about weight and how we should treat people with bodies different than ourselves.

https://www.amazon.com/Health-At-Every-Size-Surprising/dp/1935618253

Best of luck. Hope you don’t find yourself in a situation where your body grows for reasons you can’t control.

Then I'd suggest this book to them, which proves (like the poor OP) that it's societies hatred of fat people that makes them unhealthy, not being fat.

https://www.amazon.com/Health-At-Every-Size-Surprising/dp/1935618253