Diabetic Living Australia

Can you be healthy AT ANY SIZE?

If you’ve found weight loss difficult in the past it’s important to realise that there is another way. That’s to focus on health behaviours rather than weight.
— Fiona Willer, Health, Not Diets

WHAT IS HEALTH AT EVERY SIZE?

Health At Every Size (HAES) is a weight-neutral approach to health. HAES practitioners believe that, regardless of your size, it’s more important to focus on healthy behaviours than weight loss.

HAES is based on evidence that dieting for weight loss is ineffective (most people eventually gain back the weight they lose) and often harmful

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