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The health movement of all sizes, whether it's the end of the diet culture

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The health movement of all sizes, whether it's the end of the diet culture

One such concept is a movement called health in every size (HAES, the global dietary market is valued at hundreds of billions of dollars). Health At Every Size, which is not very popular in Poland, but has gained many supporters in the United States.

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1. Is that what a health at every size movement is?

Health At Every Size is a methodology that aims to help healthcare professionals achieve the full health benefits of supporting overweight people in health care without the need to reduce their weight. The HAES creators have even developed specific guidelines that they believe should be applied by all healthcare workers in collaboration with patients. The common goal of all health care professionals should be to achieve a full health outcome that is understood as physical, mental, mental and economic well-being, and therefore interdisciplinary collaboration within medical teams is necessary. An important contribution is to supporting full-body diets and good relationships with patients, in partnership with the health care system.

2. The basic premises of health movement at all sizes

The main assumption in this case is to listen to the hunger and satiety signals, which in practice means to start a meal when you're hungry and finish eating after you've had enough. When practicing intuitive eating, it assumes that the body knows exactly how much and what it needs, and it will strive to achieve optimal body weight, which is called the hundred point. An extremely important issue in the HAES movement is to completely turn your attention away from your body weight. For example, if a person with the most intuitive body weight has trouble deflecting only intense physical activity, the most important aspect of his or her physical activity is exercise, but the quickest exercise of which is enjoyment, Harrison says that this may not be the goal of a healthy diet, but it's an important way to get rid of it every day, but that it is important in every case, as much as it is in the case of weight loss and weight loss. In this case, it should be as important in terms of weight reduction and weight gain as it can be.

3. The problem of the stigmatisation of obese people by the medical community

The same applies to many other disorders and diseases. According to HAES, doctors should adhere to a number of rules, such as implementing a purely scientifically based approach and refraining from commenting on the body weight or appearance of an individual. A very common practice is to weigh during visits, which, according to promoters of this movement, does not really give any valuable information and is not useful at all. HAES withdrawal from this activity. It is also necessary to change the approach of the entire staff to overweight people. A study by doctoral students from the University of Medicine in Poznan indicates that over 40% of doctors do not want to increase the patient's weight if he does not get treatment within 3 months.

4. HAES in eating disorders

In the U.S., the health paradigm of any size is being used by specialists in the treatment of eating disorders. This approach leads to improved relationships with both the body and with food. Harrison 2019). Continuous focus on weight loss and appearance additionally drives unfavorable behaviors. Introducing intuitive eating rules and working to reduce focus on appearance and body weight give positive results and allow for faster recovery.

5. Is it at all health at every size what the research says?

Particular benefits of the HAES philosophy are gained by women with eating disorders (M.D. They also experience decreased appetite and increased physical activity rates compared to people on weight-loss diets. Provencher et al. 2009). Safaei and al. 2021). Tremblay, F. Their own dietary habits are also not normal, so it is highly likely that low-potency and low-fat products will be lost. Research suggests that in people who are exposed to body movement at Every Size Health, weight stability at body weight and weight gain can be studied by other health researchers (see Figure 2 below), but it is also important to note that, in many cases, weight loss and weight loss can also be associated with increased mental health problems (e.g. in patients with high blood pressure and obesity, but it can also have a direct effect on their health, such as in people with low blood pressure (such as in those with low heart rate and heart disease).

6. The problem of extremes in the HAES movement

Proponents of the movement claim that their beliefs are based on scientific research and there are actually materials to support these theses. Yet the basic premise of HAES should be to accept every human being. The HAES environment also sees negative comments from models and bodybuilders because they focus on appearance. But at the same time they completely ignore the repeatedly confirmed reports of the harmfulness of being overweight. Unfortunately, health philosophy at every level, although it fights the discrimination of obese people, often goes the other way and stigmatizes those who are overweight or obese.
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