by Erica Leon | Apr 28, 2026
Learn what a team of eating disorder dietitians have to say about why it’s hard for most people to “just stop dieting” because it isn’t that simple. Every year, May 6th comes around, and people highlight and talk about International No Diet...
by Erica Leon | Sep 23, 2025
Weight stigma, also called weight bias, weight discrimination, fat shaming, or sizeism, is one of the last socially acceptable forms of discrimination. It shows up in schools, workplaces, families, and even healthcare settings. Research has found that weight...
by Erica Leon | Feb 5, 2023
Weight stigma — or any of its synonyms: weight bias, weight discrimination, fat phobia, fat shaming, sizeism — are all the same thing. Weight stigma impacts us all, but impacts people in larger bodies the most. Weight stigma is so pervasive that it can...
by Erica Leon | Nov 8, 2022
We live in a society that too often sends the wrong messages. Diet culture is rooted in the belief that we must shrink our bodies to conform to Western beauty standards and that there is only one “right” way to eat. This belief system leads to constant body judgment,...
by Erica Leon | Oct 26, 2022
The body positivity movement has impacted the clothing industry… more or less. More, in that we are seeing a record number of companies working to make their brands more inclusive. Less, because according to a wonderful summary by Lindley Ashline, “For truly inclusive...
