This article by Eric M. Matheson, MS, MD, Dana E. King, MS, MD, and Charles J. Everett, PhD demonstrates that “Healthy lifestyle habits are associated with a significant decrease in mortality regardless of baseline body mass index.”
One of the problems preventing people from exercising more regularly is believing that their bodies do not already meet the requisite criteria for beauty and that they are therefore not allowed to be a part of public - or even private - locations where bodies are the primary focus: gyms, parks, pools, beaches, etc. Recognizing the need and the desire of people of all shapes and sizes to get up and move their bodies regularly, Greg Kline has a series of suggestions for how people’s needs can be heard and addressed.
Despite the many benefits of women and girls becoming increasingly involved in athletics, this fact comes with an increased risk of eating disorders. The factors that lead to eating disorders, in part, can be analyzed and understood in order to better mitigate them in the future and prevent further disordered eating among young female athletes. This article discusses and analyzes those factors and proposes ways to limit eating disordered behavior.
As dangerous as the side effects of regular weight loss can be when weight cycling is taken into account, rapid weight loss poses its own set of serious dangers. This article details the kind of research that has already been done in this field and explains the consequences of rapidly losing weight.
Dr. Jon Robison wrote this amazing Special Report that was published by the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA). It discusses the detrimental affects of obsessing about weight loss and dieting and following a weight-centered approach to health rather than a behavior centered one. These ten steps are excellent suggestions for how to begin living your life now the way it should be lived.
Cinder Ernst gives us a fascinating inside look at her life as a personal trainer in San Francisco who subscribes to and promotes the Health at Every Size approach to weight and health.