BMI doesn't reveal the presence of an eating disorder. You don't have to be emaciated to be severely energy deficient. We're so insistent that body mass and food intake are linked, we're overlooking a serious artifact in our scientific research. We've done this before too.
Read moreTarget Weight: recover but not too much
Aiming for a target weight includes the unwritten subtext that at some magical point you must restrict intake in order to maintain said target weight. It is one of the most serious problems of unscientific approaches to recovery from an eating disorder: that weight is supposed to be within our conscious control (it's not)...
Read moreLies of BMI: Women and Men of Substance
People of substance have character and integrity...
Read moreBinges Are Not Binges
Experts have gone down some unfortunate rabbit holes using psychiatric definitions and treatments for eating disorders. It has resulted in treatment specialists encouraging patients to expend energy on suppressing the very things that would ensure their complete recovery.
Read moreFat: No More Fear, No More Contempt. Part IX
Part VIII: Misconceptions about weight correlating to various disease states.
Read moreAddendum to FAT series
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Addendum: Clarification on the lower rates of cardiovascular disease.
Read morePart VIII Fat: No More Fear, No More Contempt
Part VIII: Misconceptions about weight correlating to various disease states.
Read morePart VII Fat: No More Fear, No More Contempt
Part VII: The medical industrial complex and its impact on obesity.
Read morePart VI Fat: No More Fear, No More Contempt
Part VI: Misconceptions about fatness, does eating make you fat?
Read morePart V Fat: No More Fear, No More Contempt
Part V: Body Mass Index (BMI) explained.
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