Resources

Below you will find a selection of resources & specific support. With so much available online this page is very much a ‘Work in Progress’! Do get in touch to comment, correct or recommend resources you have found helpful.

PS: Looking for a good read? Find my personal selections on my Book Review pages.

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Body Image & Body Acceptance

• BODY GOSSIP: UK based positive body image campaign, using arts and education.
• BEAUTY REDEFINED: “Rejecting harmful messages about female bodies in media & cultural discourse.”
• ADIOS BARBIE: One of the first, excellent coverage of all aspects of body image for ‘everybody’.
• ANY-BODY: The UK chapter of Endangered Bodies “challenges our devastating acceptance of body hatred as normal.”
• NAAFA: National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is a non-profit civil rights organisation dedicated to ending size discrimination in all of its forms
• ASDAH: Association of Size Diversity and Health
• CAR: The Centre for Appearance Research is the world’s largest research group focusing on the role of appearance and body image in people’s lives.

TED Talks:

• Fat shaming and the Thin epidemic: Jill Andrew at TEDx YorkU
• Why thinking ugly is bad for you Ted X Unilever – Meaghan Ramsey
• Why it’s OK to be Fat TEDx MillRiver Golda Poretsky
• Enough with the Fear of Fat TED Kelli Jean Drinkwater

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Diet Culture

Films, documentaries and series:

• Dietland, series on Amazon Prime based on the book by Sarai Walker.
•  Miss Representation

Organisations/websites:

• HAES: Health at Every Size

TED Talks:

• Why dieting doesn’t usually work: Sandra Aamodt
• If we want a better world we have to kill diet culture: Susan Hyatt

Podcasts & Blogs:

• Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN
• The Body Love Project, Jessi Haggerty

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Obesity

Organisations:

• The Obesity Society is a scientific society dedicated to the study of obesity and its treatment.
• World Obesity Federation is a global initiative to reduce, treat and prevent obesity.
• Obesity UK is a charity supporting and representing people with obesity.
• EASO is the leading voice of obesity science, medicine and community in Europe.
• Obesity Action Coalition is dedicated to empowering those with obesity through support, advocacy and education.

Documentaries:

• Fast food, Fat profits: Obesity in America –Al Jazeera YouTube
• Fed Up – (YouTube)
• Why am I Still Fat? ABC Science (Australia) YouTube
• The Weight of the Nation: Four-part HBO documentary

TED talks:

• Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem? Peter Attia, TED
• Obesity = Unplugging: Lisette Cifaldi, TEDx HiltonHead
• The mathematics of weight loss: Ruben Meerman, TEDxQUT
• A Big Fat Crisis:  Stopping the real causes of the obesity epidemic: Deborah Cohen, TEDx UCRSalon
• Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines: Sarah Hallberg, TEDx PurdueU

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Eating Disorders

Websites:

• AED: The Academy for Eating Disorders (especially for its excellent reading lists).
• ANAD: National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders.
• NEDA: National Eating Disorders Association is the largest non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders.
• B-EAT: Beating Eating Disorders provides helplines, on-line support & UK-wide support groups.
• NEDIC: The Eating Disorder Information Centre provides information and resources.

Podcasts & Blogs:

• ‘Does every woman have an eating disorder?’ Stacey Rosenfeld
• Anorexia Boy Recovery, Bev Mattock
• Food Psych Podcast, Christy Harrison
• Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast (Podbean) by Tabitha Farrar
• Brain over Binge, Kathryn Hansen  

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Nutrition & Food

Podcasts and Blogs:

• Love, Food: Julie Duffy Dillon
• Body Kindness: Rebecca Scritchfield

Websites:

• The Rooted Project
• The Angry Chef

TED talks:

• Food for Thought: How your belly controls your brain: Ruairi Robertson, TEDx Fulbright Santa Monica
• Obsessed: My Addiction to Food and My Journey to Health: Diane Smith, TEDx Springfield
• Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines: Sarah Hallberg,TEDx PurdueU

I hope this helps you, or someone you care for.