Aubrey Hoffer, PhD

remembering how much of the fitness and wellness space is saturated with anti-fat rhetoric to prey on your insecurities sure makes it hard to engage with them thoughtfully

Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.

ONE SESSION, LASTING IMPACT: BRIEF INTERVENTIONS FOR IMPROVING BODY IMAGE AND REDUCING DISORDERED EATING September 30 1:30pm ET / 12:30pm CT/ 11:30am PT This webinar will explore exciting current studies on brief, single- session interventions designed to improve body image and reduce disordered eating, highlighting practical strategies you can apply in your work. Aubrey Hoffer, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow University of Louisville Arielle Smith, BA PhD Student Northwestern University Blair Burnette, PhD Assistant Professor Michigan State University

Upcoming webinar for EDEB sig members on Single Session Interventions for body image and disordered eating! Speakers are @bburnettephd.bsky.social, @hoff-phd.bsky.social, and @ariellesmith.bsky.social. Register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...

every time a child tells me that they’re insecure about their body because other kids call them “big back” i die a little inside 🫠

it’s okay to be fat!!! fat people are fucking cool!!! i wouldn’t choose to be thin even if i could!!

most people don’t have a problem with their weight, they have a problem with the horrible ways they get treated by others because of their weight.

instead of trying to “fix” an individual’s weight, what if we tried to fix some of the rampant anti-fat bias out in the world?

17. Fat Suits III - The Whale Is A Movie Informed Attraction · Episode

this week’s episode on the movie adaptation of the whale, a movie no one has ever discussed in the context of fat politics on the internet ever

“food is just fuel” is a popular saying in the fitness world. and sure, food can be fuel, but it can also be so much more.

food can be a way to connect with other people, cultures, and our memories.

you don’t have to moralize foods or punish yourself for enjoying them.

one of the best things i’ve ever done to improve my body image was stop using a scale.

it was the easiest way to stop the habit of compulsively weighing myself and it took power away from the number.

i hope you can ditch the scale, or resist the urge to weigh yourself today.

just remember that if diets worked, there wouldn’t be a multi-billion dollar weight loss/diet/wellness industry that continues to grow and exceed profits each year.

Trump order aims to politicize decisions on federal science grants Researchers worried by plan giving political appointees more control over where funding goes

Science story about the Executive Order

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the problem that keeps fat people out of gyms and fitness spaces isn’t their fatness, it’s the fatphobia within those spaces.

toxic fitness/diet culture is rooted in problematic ideals around health, ability, size, and so much more.

fitness spaces need to be more accessible.

we act like most diets are invented in labs, but they’re mostly invented in marketing meetings.

it’s important to remember that every mass marketed diet was invented by a normal human being (who wanted to sell you a diet).

the diet industry capitalizes on your insecurities

and if someone loses weight because they have an eating disorder you shouldnt compliment it. what’s confusing here

sounds like it offends you

you should explain in great detail

Russ Vought: “We wish to destroy government as you all know it, including medical research and universities, and we will crush Democrats to do it“

Schumer: “Please be our bipartisan partners so we can be maximally bipartisan and pretend things are normal”

anti-fat bias are so engrained into everything around us that it can feel impossible to get away from stigma.

in that context, it makes sense why so many people strive for weight loss - they think it will be the mechanism that allows them to be treated as someone with value.

so glad she’s showing progress, i wish her a peaceful recovery

who sounds offended in this interaction

Stop it! 👇 this is exactly why people don’t vote for Dems….every little thing is offensive

100%

sickening. i hope she’s doing okay now

this is unfortunately not normal behavior i fear (but should be)

so sorry to hear - ive had others echo similar stories of weight loss being praised when the person is ill and it comes with so much frustration

could have fooled me!

one would hope but sadly not common knowledge

great rule of thumb!

when you compliment weight loss, you might be complimenting:

- an eating disorder
- addiction
- depression
- disease
- trauma

we are conditioned to view all weight loss as intentional and positive, and this framing can be harmful. try to reflect on your bias about this.

Adapting digital anxiety treatments to reduce anorexia nervosa relapse Exposure therapy is an efficacious, frontline treatment for anxiety disorders. Digital interventions for anxiety are effective and increase access to …

The next 15 years of my career were spent on these observations

Most recently my team @uofleatlab.bsky.social & @depressionlab.bsky.social spent years translating anxiety digital exposures to eating disorders

This work explains our thinking and process

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