The Truth About Your Health

Health

Fat = Lazy & Gluttonous, says World Health Organization

Harriet Brown on January 25, 2016

Weight stigma is everywhere. Including the World Health Organization.

Diet

Cure Obesity with . . . Water?

Harriet Brown on January 20, 2016

When it comes to weight and health, neither journalists nor researchers ask the right questions.

Eating Disorders

When New Year's Resolutions Turn Deadly

Harriet Brown on January 10, 2016

For some people, New Year's resolutions can trigger a nightmare that never ends.

Bias

The Lived Experience of Discrimination

Harriet Brown on September 22, 2015

You don't know the toll discrimination takes until you get a break. Some people never do.

Health

What We Talk About When We Talk About Weight Loss

Harriet Brown on August 31, 2015

The contradiction at the heart of most weight-loss "treatment."

Health

Fat, Fit, and on the Cover

Harriet Brown on August 5, 2015

Why putting plus-size model Erica Schenk on the cover of Women's Running matters to all of us, no matter what we weigh

Body Image

5 Questions for Sarai Walker

Harriet Brown on May 24, 2015

5 Questions for Sarai Walker

Diet

Why I Exercise

Harriet Brown on March 29, 2015

Why do I exercise? Hint: It's not for weight loss.

Diet

The 4th Lie

Harriet Brown on March 18, 2015

Do diets make you thinner and healthier?

Health

4 Shocking Lies About Weight: Part 3

Harriet Brown on March 11, 2015

Does being fat cause heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other diseases?

Health

4 Shocking Lies About Weight: Part 2

Harriet Brown on March 4, 2015

Does obesity take years off your life?

Health

4 Shocking Lies About Weight

Harriet Brown on February 26, 2015

4 shocking lies about weight and health you need to know

Eating Disorders

I Had No Idea

Harriet Brown on February 21, 2015

I had no idea how our obsession with thinness was bad for everyone's health.