Body Image Resources

As you’ve probably caught on by now, we’re big believers in promoting a healthier relationship with food and your body. We believe that you’re beautiful and enough just as you are, and we underscore the importance of surrounding yourself with media influences that reinforce that message.  Julia Oliver has put together a resource list of podcasts, books, Instagram accounts (and more!) to empower you on this journey.

 

Podcasts:

• Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

• Nutrition Matters Podcast with Paige Smathers

• The Appetite with Opal Food + Body Wisdom

• The Body Image Podcast

• Body Image with Bri

• The F*ck it Diet Podcast

• You Can Eat with Us with Cara Harbstreet

• Intuitive Eating for the Culture

• More Than What You Eat

• Trust Your Body Project

• Dietitians Unplugged Podcast

• Mom Genes the Podcast

• Rebel Eaters Club Podcast

Books:

• Body Respect by Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor

• Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison

• The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

• Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body y Connie Sobczak

• Curvy Yoga: Love Yourself & Your Body a Little More Each Day by Anna Guest-Jelley

• Fat!So?: Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for Your Size by Marilyn Wann

• Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting and Got a Life by Kelsey Miller

• Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self Acceptance by Rosie Molinary

• More Than a Body by Lexie and Lindsay Kite

Instagram Accounts:

• @bodyimagewithbri

• @themindfuldietitian

• @marcird

• @dietitiananna

• @ragenchastain

• @hgoodrichrd

• @chr1styharrison

• @thebodylovesociety

• @beauty_redefined

• @thewellful

• @lisajdubreuil

• @thebodypositive

• @bodyimage_therapist

• @with_this_body

• @fatpositivefertility

• @rdrealtalk

• @encouragingdietitian

Handouts & Journal Prompts:

• https://couragetonourish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Journal_Prompts.pdf

• Body Image Workbook

Support Groups & Programs:

• https://centerfordiscovery.com/groups/

• https://courses.thebodypositive.org/p/fundamentals-individuals

• Be Body Positive Fundamentals for Individuals | The Body Positive

Websites:

• https://beautyredefined.org/blog/

• https://www.rebeleatersclub.com

• https://alissarumsey.com/blog/

• https://marcird.com/blog/

Research: *Disclaimer – stigmatizing words such as ‘obesity’ and ‘overweight’ are used in some of the studies below*

• Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift

• The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss

• Jeffrey Hunger’s Publications

• Misclassification of Cardiometabolic Health When Using Body Mass Index Categories in NHANES

Is body weight is determined by more than calories in versus calories out?:

• Hall, K. D., Heymsfield, S. B., Kemnitz, J. W., Klein, S., Schoeller, D. A., & Speakman, J. R. (2012).Energy balance and its components: Implications for body weight regulation. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,95(4), 989-994. doi:10.3945/ajcn.112.036350

Does weight loss prolong life?

• Ingram, D. D., & Mussolino, M. E. (2010, March 09). Weight loss from maximum body weight and mortality: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality File. Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo201041

Review of weight loss studies:

• Tylka, T. L., Annunziato, R. A., Burgard, D., Daníelsdóttir, S., Shuman, E., Davis, C., & Calogero, R. M. (2014). The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss. Journal of Obesity,2014, 1-18. doi:10.1155/2014/983495

Questioning the validity of weight loss claims:

• Aphramor, L. (2010). Validity of claims made in weight management research: A narrative review of dietetic articles. Nutrition Journal,9(1). doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-30

The decline of metabolism with weight loss interventions:

• Sumithran, P. (2012). The defence of body weight: A physiological basis for weight regain after weight loss. Clinical Science, 124(4), 231-241. doi:10.1042/cs20120223

• An Evidence‐Based Rationale for Adopting Weight‐Inclusive Health Policy

• Enacted weight stigma and weight self stigma prevalence among 3821 adults

• Intuitive Eating Research

About the Author: Julia Oliver is a licensed dietitian and registered yoga teacher who has spent her career empowering individuals to heal their relationship with food and movement by providing an alternative to the damaging diet mentality.