HAES NEWS
For IMMEDIATE release!
No More Weight Loss Ads on HAES Yahoo! Group
Yahoo! Is the first major Internet provider to strike a blow for fat civil rights online by agreeing to eliminate all diet and weight loss ads from a Health At Every Size group. Groups that work for an end to weight-based discrimination have long used Yahoo! Groups for internet-based community building. These communications have been interrupted by weight-loss ads that are anathema to our health beliefs and civil rights purpose.
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Sample of HEALTH AT EVERY SIZE in October:
OCTOBER 1
WHO: Nomi Dekel, MFT
WHAT: Launch of a new website, VoluptuArt: Art & Gifts for Celebrating Your Body™
WHERE: www.volupuart.com
OCTOBER 2
WHO: National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
WHAT: Launch of new website and new 5-year goals for fat civil rights
WHERE: www.naafa.org
CONTACT: (916)558-6880
OCTOBER 5
WHO: Sandy Schaffer, certified fitness trainer, and Rochelle Rice, MA, certified fitness coach and author of Real Fitness for Real Women
WHAT: Workshop on “Core Success for the Overweight”
WHEN: 1:15pm
WHERE: IDEA Personal Trainer Conference, New York City, New York
CONTACT: (800) 999-4332
OCTOBER 16
WHO: Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO
WHAT: Weight diversity training
WHEN: 7pm
WHERE: University of Texas, Austin, Texas
CONTACT: (415) 516-1474
OCTOBER 18 – NOW Foundation’s Love Your Body Day
WHO: Peggy Elam, Phd
WHAT: “The F-Word: Why Loving Your Body, Fat & All, Is Good for your Health.”
WHEN: 12:15 p.m.
WHERE: Backdoor Playhouse, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
CONTACT: (931)372-3850
OCTOBER 19-21
WHO: Jon Robison Phd, MS
WHAT: Workshops on HAES and HUGS, Keynote speaker, “Low Carb, Low Fat, Normal Eating…What’
WHERE: Eating Disorder Education Organization (EDEO) Conference, Beyond Beauty. Fantasy land Hotel, Edmonton, Canada
CONTACT: (780) 944-2864
OCTOBER 28
WHO: Paul Ernsberger, PhD, Department of Nutrition
WHAT: “Covering Obesity in Your Community” workshop
WHERE: Association of Health Care Journalists regional conference, hosted by Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
CONTACT: Christy Stretz, (573) 884-5606
OCTOBER 31
WHO: Glenn A. Gaesser, PhD, University of Virginia
WHAT: “Obesity: Beyond the Headlines” lecture
WHERE: Dairy Council of Arizona nutrition conference, Tempe, Arizona
CONTACT: (434) 924-3543
The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) is an international professional organization composed of individual and organizations members who are committed to the principles of Health At Every Size (HAES). The mission of the Association for Size Diversity and Health is to promote education, research, and the provision of services which enhance health and well-being, and which are free from weight-based assumptions and weight discrimination.
CONTACT for ASDAH: Marilyn Wann, info@haes.org
HAES experts listed in this press release are members of ASDAH.
