What is Health at Every Size (HAES)?

There are a lot of buzz around Health at Every Size so I decided to do a post specifically telling you all the facts about what it actually means. The good thing about this concept is that its a mindset, not a plan, not something you have to pay for to learn about, and finally not a diet plan.

So without further ado here is what HAES means:

  • The weight-neutral approach

  • The truth about intentional weight loss

  • The cost of sustaining intentional weight loss

  • Set-point weight theory, the famine response, and breaking down weight science

  • The history of HAES and the non-diet approach

  • Fat activism and the fat acceptance movement

  • How HAES incorporates intuitive eating, joyful movement, and self-care

  • The importance of size diversity in the HAES movement and embracing the genetic determination of body size

  • The caveat of HAES with eating disorder recovery and weight restoration