The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) embraces the following Health At Every Size (HAES) principles:

1. Accepting and respecting the diversity of body shapes and sizes.

2. Recognizing that health and well-being are multi-dimensional and that they include physical, social, spiritual, occupational, emotional, and intellectual aspects.

3. Promoting all aspects of health and well-being for people of all sizes.

4. Promoting eating in a manner which balances individual nutritional needs, hunger, satiety, appetite, and pleasure.

5. Promoting individually appropriate, enjoyable, life-enhancing physical activity, rather than exercise that is focused on a goal of weight loss.

Linda Bacon, PhD, is a nutrition professor in the biology department at City College of San Francisco. She has tested the Health at Every Size program meticulously in a clinical research study funded by the National Institutes of Health and cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her book, 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 health – without dieting, deprivation, or a focus on weight loss.

For more information on the Association for Size Diversity and Health visit:

www.sizediversityandhealth.org