Educational Resources
Thanks for visiting our educational resources page. Creating factual, science based content is what I am passionate about, especially when it can debunk the myths around diet culture, weight stigma and mental health. These resources have been used in the making of TikTok and Instagram posts, be sure to follow me and subscribe to my email list for more content that connects with you! Click here to contact a HumanKind Psych therapist.
ADHD Research
Neurofeedback as a Treatment Intervention in ADHD: Current Evidence and Practice
Authors: Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert, Diede Smit, Miguel Garcia Pimenta, Martijn Arns
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Health At Every Size Resources & Activism
Please note this list is NOT comprehensive! There are so many amazing activists out there, these are a few of the many great people sharing their work!
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Sonya Renee Taylor: The Body is Not an Apology
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Aubrey Gordon AKA Your Fat Friend
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Body Liberation with Lindley Ashline
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J Aprileo: Comfy Fat
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National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
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Resources for Advocacy (for yourself and to be an ally)
Resources created and compiled by: Ragen Chastain, Louise Metz, & Tiana Dodson
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What to Say at the Doctor's Office:
Author: Ragen Chastain
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Advocating For Yourself At The Doctor As A Fat Person Isn't Easy - Here's Where to Start
Author: J Aprileo
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Health At Every Size Community x
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7 Ways to Uproot Your Anti-Fat Bias
Author: Aubrey Gordon
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What Thin Privilege Really Means
Author: Christy Harrison
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Thin Privilege, Rage and the Spotlight
Author: Lindley Ashline
The Binge- Restrict Cycle
Fasting for 24 Hours Heightens Reward From Food and Food-Related Cues
Authors: Jameason D Cameron, Gary S Goldfield, Graham Finlayson, John E Blundell, Eric Doucet
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Effects of Deprivation on Hedonics and Reinforcing Value of Food
Authors: Kelley Strohacker, Katie C. Carpenter, Brian K. Mcfarlin
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Fasting Increases Risk for Onset of Binge Eating and Bulimic Pathology: a 5-Year Prospective Study
Authors: Eric Stice, Kendra Davis, Nicole P Miller, C Nathan Marti
Effects of Weight Cycling
Consequences of Weight Cycling: An Increased Disease Risk
Authors: Kelley Strohacker, Katie C. Carpenter, Brian K. Mcfarlin
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A Descriptive Study of Weight Loss Maintenance
Authors: S Sarlio-Lähteenkorva, A Rissanen, J Kaprio
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Medical, Metabolic and Psychologica Effects of Weight Cycling
Authors: K D Brownell, J Rodin
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Weight Cycling and it's Cardiometabolic Impact
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Healthy Lifestyle Habits and Mortality in Overweight and Obese Individuals
Authors: Eric M Matheson, Dana E King, Charles J Everett
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Weight Fluctuations and Risk for Metabolic Synrome in an Adult Cohort
Authors: A-C Vergnaud, S Bertrais, J-M Oppert, L Maillard-Teyssier, P Galan, S Hercberg, S Czernichow
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Weight Variability and Incident Disease in Older Women: the Iowa Women's Health StudySA French,
​Authors: SA French, ​AR Folsom, RW Jeffery, W Zheng, PJ Mink, JE Baxter
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Variability of Body Weight and Health Outcomes in the Framingham Population
Authors: L Lissner, P M Odell, R B D'Agostino, J Stokes 3rd, B E Kreger, A J Belanger, K D Brownell
Effects of Weight Bias & Weight Stigma
Author: Abby Bleistein
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Everything We Know About Obesity is Wrong
Author: Michael Hobbes
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Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift
Authors: Lindo Bacon, Lucy Aphramor
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Authors: Paul A McAuley, Steven N Blair
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Authors: Jess Haines, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Marla E Eisenberg, Peter J Hannan
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Advancing Social Connection as a Public Health Priority in the United States
Authors: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Theodore F. Robles, David A. Sbarra
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Weight Teasing Among Adolescents: Correlations with Weight Status and Disordered Eating Behaviors
Authors: Jess Haines, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Marla E Eisenberg, Peter J Hannan
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Obesity Stigma: Important Considerations for Public Health
Authors: Rebecca M. Puhl, Chelsea A. Heuer
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Weight Cycling
Evidence of Focusing on Habits & Behaviors (vs. Focusing on Weight)
Variability of Body Weight and Health Outcomes in the Framinham Population
Authors: L Lissner, P M Odell, R B D'Agostino, J Stokes 3rd, B E Kreger, A J Belanger, K D Brownell
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What's Wrong with the War on Obesity?
Authors: Lily O’Hara, Jane Taylor
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Healthy Lifestyle Habits and Mortality in Overweight and Obese Individuals
Authors: Eric M Matheson, Dana E King, Charles J Everett
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Authors: Rachel P Wildman, Paul Muntner, Kristi Reynolds, Aileen P McGinn, Swapnil Rajpathak, Judith Wylie-Rosett, MaryFran R Sowers
Evidence on Long-Term Weight-Loss Efforts
Methods for Voluntary Weight Loss and Control
NIH Technology Assessment Conference Panel
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Medicare's Search for Effective Obesity Treatments: Diets are not the Answer
Authors: Traci Mann, A Janet Tomiyama, Erika Westling, Ann-Marie Lew, Barbra Samuels, Jason Chatman
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Authors: Long Ge, Behnam Sadeghirad, Geoff D C Ball, Bruno R da Costa, Christine L Hitchcock, Anton Svendrovski, Ruhi Kiflen, Kalimullah Quadri, Henry Y Kwon, Mohammad Karamouzian, Thomasin Adams-Webber, Waleed Ahmed, Samah Damanhoury, Dena Zeraatkar, Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Ross T Tsuyuki, Jinhui Tian, Kehu Yang, Gordon H Guyatt, Bradley C Johnston
Correspondence to: B C Johnston
Genetic Impact on Weight
The Response to Long-Term Overfeeding in Identical Twins
Authors: C Bouchard, A Tremblay, J P Després, A Nadeau, P J Lupien, G Thériault, J Dussault, S Moorjani, S Pinault, G Fournier
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The Body-Mass Index of Twins Who Have Been Reared Apart
Authors: A J Stunkard, J R Harris, N L Pedersen, G E McClearn
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The Role of Genes in the Current Obesity Epidemic
Author: Yung Seng Lee
Corruption, Big Pharma & Diet
The Opioid Epidemic: It's Time to Place Blame Where it Belongs
Author: Ronald Hirsch
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Lessons from Corporate Influence in the Opioid Epidemic
Author: Jonathan H. Marks
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FDA Official Who Approved OxyContin, Later Got $400,000 Gig at Purdue Pharma a Year Later
Author: Allana Akhtar
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Obesity Task Force Linked to WHO Takes "Millions" from Drug Firms
Author: Ray Moynihan
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Everything We Know About Obesity is Wrong
Author: Michael Hobbes
Thin Privilege and Unlearning Anti-Fat Bias
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7 Ways to Uproot Your Anti-Fat Bias
Author: Aubrey Gordon
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What Thin Privilege Really Means
Author: Christy Harrison
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Thin Privilege, Rage and the Spotlight
Author: Lindley Ashline
Resources for Movement or Physical Activity at a Higher Weight
Bevin Branlandingham
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Joy Cox, Bunmi Alo
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Ragen Chastain
J Aprileo
Eating Disorder Resources
Debunking the Utility of the BMI
Body Mass Index and Nine Year Mortality in Disabled and Non-Disabled Older Individuals
Authors: Alexander M Kulminski, Konstantin G Arbeev, Irina V Kulminskaya, Svetlana V Ukraintseva, Kenneth Land, Igor Akushevich, Anatoli I Yashin
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Body Mass Index, Disability and 13 Year Mortality in Older French Adults
Authors: Mohamed Berraho, Chakib Nejjari, Chantal Raherison, Youness El Achhab, Nabil Tachfouti, Zineb Serhier, Jean François Dartigues, Pascale Barberger-Gateau
The Cost of Using BMI as a Proxy for Health
Authors: Linda Bacon, Lucy Aphramor
Habituation
Habituation as a Determinant of Human Food Intake
Authors: Leonard H Epstein, Jennifer L Temple, James N Roemmich, Mark E Bouton
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Author: Deb Burgard
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Authors: Pamela K Keel, Lindsay P Bodell, K Jean Forney, Jonathan Appelbaum, Diana Williams
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Long-term Weight Loss Maintenance in Obesity: Possible Insights from Anorexia Nervosa
Authors: Loren M Gianini, B. Timothy Walsh, Joanna Steinglass, Laurel Mayer
Body Dysmorphia
Recent Advances in Understanding and Managing Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Authors: Georgina Krebs, Lorena Fernández de la Cruz, David Mataix-Cols
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Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Authors: Aoife Rajyaluxmi Singh, David Veale
Books
Dreamland by Sam Quinones
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Dopesick by Beth Macy
Books referenced on social media posts
Dreamland by Sam Quinones
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Dopesick by Beth Macy
Shows
Dopesick on Hulu
Podcasts
Maintenance Phase (hosts: Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes)
She's All Fat (host: Sophia Carter-Kahn)
Foodpsych (host: Christy Harrison)
Food Heaven Podcast (hosts: Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones)
Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back (hosts: Marquisele Mercedes, Da'Shaun Harrison, Caleb Luna, Bryan Guffey, and Jordan Underwood)
Comfort Food Podcast (hosts: Amy Palanjian and Virginia Sole-Smith)