Additional Resources

Here are all the additional resources mentioned throughout the course, so that you have them in one place for easy reference. They're arranged alphabetically by medium: 

Further Reading

• "8 Ways to Keep Your Workouts Body-Positive," from Refinery29

• “13 Body Activists That I Love Dearly and I Think You Will Too,” by Jes Baker

• BMI study (2016) by Tomiyama et al. (the "last nail in the coffin of BMI")

• Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It (book) by Harriet Brown

• Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight (book) by Linda Bacon, PhD and Lucy Aphramor, PhD, RD

• Dances with Fat, Ragen Chastain’s body-positive blog

• Intuitive Eating (book) by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD & Elyse Resch, MS, RD, FADA, CEDRD

• Let It Out: A Journey Through Journaling (book) by Katie Dalebout

• "Photoshopping: Altering Images and Our Minds," via Beauty Redefined

• Radical Acceptance (book) by Tara Brach

• Self-Compassion resources by Dr. Kristin Neff

• The Body Image Workbook: An Eight-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks (book) by Thomas Cash, PhD

• The Diet Survivor's Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance, and Self-Care (book) by Judith Matz, LCSW, and Ellen Frankel, LCSW

• The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion (book) by Christopher Germer, PhD

• “The Not-So-Secret Truth About Emotional Eating,” by Kelsey Miller on Refinery29’s Anti-Diet Project column

• “The REAL Truth About Clean Eating,” by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN for Refinery29

• “The Truth About Gluten Sensitivity that No One Wants to Hear,” by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN for Refinery29

• “These 7 New Tips Could Change How You Eat,” by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN for Refinery29

• "Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift," by Linda Bacon, PhD and Lucy Aphramor, PhD, RD (Nutrition Journal 2011, 10:9)

• “Why Detox Diets and Cleanses Always Fail,” by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN for Refinery29

• “Why Intuitive Eating Could Change the World,” by Kelsey Miller for Refinery29

• “Why Processed Foods Aren’t As Bad As You Think,” by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN for Refinery29

• “Why You Shouldn’t Fear Carbs,” by Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN for Refinery29

Further Interactive Resources

• Cody app’s EmBody Yoga and EveryBody Yoga programs

• Curvy Yoga program by Anna Guest-Jelley

• Headspace, a meditation app

• Intuitive Eating Online Community and forum by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD & Elyse Resch, MS, RD, FADA, CEDRD

Further Listening

• Food Psych Interview with Anna Guest-Jelley of Curvy Yoga

• Food Psych Interview with Harriet Brown, author of Body of Truth

• Food Psych Interview with Kaila Prins, podcaster and eating recovery coach

• Food Psych Interview with Kelsey Miller, author of Big Girl and Refinery29 columnist

• Food Psych Interview with Linda Bacon, PhD, author of Health at Every Size and co-author of Body Respect

• “Getting Started with Intuitive Eating,” an Ask Food Psych bonus episode

• “How to Handle Bad Body Image Days,” an Ask Food Psych bonus episode

• “Intuitive Eating with a Food Allergy,” part of a Food Psych episode on self-compassion

• “Is BMI Dead?” an Ask Food Psych bonus episode

• The Wellness Wonderland, a podcast by Katie Dalebout

• “What If You Gain Weight?” an Ask Food Psych bonus episode

• "What It Means to Be a 'Normal' Eater," an episode of Fearless Rebelle Radio by Summer Innanen, with Christy as the guest

Further Viewing

• “Parks and Recreation: Andy - food is energy,” on YouTube

• “Poodle Science,” a YouTube video by the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) that illustrates why we cannot equate body size with health