nutrition, prioritizing good
nutri-washing
O
obesity
epidemic manufactured
fear of
kills myth
promotes disease myth
obesogens
Oliver, Eric
omega-3 fatty acids
opiates
opioids
orlistat
Ornish diet
P
parabiosis
paying attention when eating
peace movement, HAES as a
peaceful environment, eating in a
phenylethylamine
physical activity, prioritizing
plant-based diets
plates, eating off smaller
pleasure eating
politics, victims of fat
politics, victims of food
pollution affecting weight
portions, eating smaller
premenstrual cravings
present, living in the
presentation of food
processed foods
addiction to
avoiding
craving for
effect on hunger
and food politics
PROP (6-n-propylthiouracil)
protection against negative self-talk
protein, effect on hunger
protein, getting the right amount of
R
rats
addictive nature of food
eternal hunger
resisting weight loss
setpoints of
reason for eating, understanding
regulation of ideal weight.
see
setpoint weight
relaxation and sleep, prioritizing
resisting weight loss
resource guide
respecting yourself
restrained eating
Rubens, Peter Paul
“rules” of food intake
S
satisfying your hunger
scale, loving your
self-acceptance without weight loss
serotonin
setpoint weight
changing your
emotional starvation
and eternal hunger
and good nutrition
and high-fructose corn syrup
and internal wiring
pushing up with diet and exercise
as a range
related to eating habits
rising through history
shame backfires
shortcuts to weight loss
sibutramine
Sisyphus
sleep and relaxation, prioritizing
sleep habits affecting weight
social bias toward heavy people
Social Security Administration
solving weight “problem”
soul, respecting your
soybeans, foods made from
Spurlock, Morgan
Stern, Judith
Stonewall rebellion
stress
affecting weight
hormones related to fat intake
prioritizing management of
studies
addictive nature of food
bacteria affecting weight
Chinese, weight of
context of food
“death by fat”
“disease-promoting fat”
eating smaller portions
eternal hunger
Harvard Alumni
health benefits of milk
Heritage Family
Midwest Exercise Trial
paying attention when eating
pleasure eating
pollution affecting weight
resisting weight loss
restrained eating
school lunches
setpoints of humans
setpoints of rats and mice
sleep habits affecting weight
stress affecting weight
super-sizing food portions
Women’s Health
“you control your weight” myth
sugar cravings
Super Size Me
super-sizing food portions
support, finding internal and external
support letter to friends and family
surgery, weight-loss
Swarzc, Sandy
sweeteners, artificial
swimming as a form of exercise
T
tastes, changing your
temptation to eat
terrorism, obesity compared to
theobromine
“thinner is more attractive” myth
tributyltin chloride (TBT)
tryptophan
V
values, shaping new weight
Van Loan, Marta
Venus of Willendorf
victimization.
see
politics, victims of fat; politics, victims of food
viruses affecting weight
volume, choosing foods with high
W
walking as a form of exercise
weight, setting ideal.
see
setpoint weight
weight loss, resisting
wiring, internal for healthy weight
Women’s Health Initiative
Women’s Health Study
World Health Organization
World War II
X
Xenical
Y
“you can trust the experts” myth
“you control your weight” myth
Z
Zone diet
ABOUT LINDA BACON, PHD
Like many men and women, Linda Bacon used to be preoccupied with her own weight. Bacon’s pain and obsession about her weight fueled her determination to understand everything about weight regulation.
Bacon earned a master’s degree in psychotherapy, with a specialty in eating disorders and body image, and began work as a psychotherapist. Her career led her to a greater understanding about herself and her relationship with food and weight. With questions still unanswered, Bacon went back to school to pursue a master’s degree in exercise science, specializing in metabolism. Bacon continued to broaden her education and went on to complete a doctoral program in physiology with a focus in nutrition and weight regulation from the University of California, Davis.
Through all of her studies and research, Bacon continually stumbled across the same disconnect. The science of weight regulation directly contradicts cultural assumptions as well as those promoted by the “experts.” Bacon’s experiences and academic training led her to an entirely different paradigm in weight regulation, where she finally found relief from her painful preoccupation and developed a healthy and pleasurable relationship with her body and with food.
Bacon feels fortunate to have conquered her food and weight obsession, and empathizes with the many others engaged in their own personal battle with food and weight. She has dedicated her career towards helping others on that journey, designing the Health at Every Size program, which she tested meticulously in a clinical research study funded by the National Institutes of Health and co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
chronicles the remarkable findings of that study: that people can indeed overcome their weight problems and improve their health—without dieting, deprivation, or a focus on weight loss.
Bacon is currently a nutrition professor in the biology department at City College of San Francisco. She also serves as an associate nutritionist at the University of California, Davis and maintains a private consulting practice. A popular and compelling public speaker, she consistently draws large and enthusiastic crowds.
Bacon is well published in the scientific literature. She has also been a guest on national television and radio and has been cited as an expert in numerous print publications. Her credits include
Good Morning America,
ABC, ABC Nightline News, ABC 7 News,
Allure Magazine, AOL Health,
the
Atlantic,
BBC World News Radio, the
Economist,
Fox TV News,
Health Magazine,
the
Los Angeles Times,
MSNBC TV, MSN Life & Style, National Public Radio, the
New York Times, Newsweek, Prevention, Reuters, Self, Shape, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, WebMD,
and
Women’s Health.
a
You’ve heard this before. Every book about weight starts with the weight loss testimonial. It gets your hopes up and sells books. And when it doesn’t work the same way for you, that’s always your fault—you must have done something wrong, if you didn’t get the same results. So let me be clear: My weight-loss results aren’t typical, and I don’t mean to use my experience to promote any weight loss technique. I’ll be talking about this more later in the book.
b
For all the attention that’s been paid to the calorie over the years, we never got it right. A calorie is actually a very small measure of energy, and its generic use is technically incorrect. The correct term is “kilocalorie,” which refers to 1,000 calories. For the purposes of this book, though, I will continue to use the word “calories” because that’s the term people understand best.
c
No long-term studies have been conducted, but this is a reasonable assumption given that prolonged use is contraindicated and it stops working after use.
d
While there are many compelling arguments that challenge these actual numbers and the degree of the increase, it does seem evident that we’re eating more.