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Health at Every Size Summary & Review: Drop the Diet, Keep the Habits
Health at Every Size summary: Lindo Bacon’s weight-neutral plan to drop the diet war, keep hunger cues and joyful movement, and start…
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"Well-being beats the number on the scale."
Lindo Bacon (published as Linda Bacon; they/them) is a physiologist and nutritionist with a Ph.D. from UC Davis. They wrote Health at Every Size, Body Respect, and Radical Belonging, and helped test a government-funded HAES program against traditional dieting.
1 book·Weight-neutral health & HAES
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Key Ideas & Recurring Themes
Setpoint beats willpower
The body defends a weight range. Crash diets drop the line; biology walks it back.
Habits do not wait on the scale
Hunger cues, movement for feeling, and care you already need start in this body.
Drop the war, keep the practice
Respect, hunger care, and life-enhancing movement — without a tighter rule after a rebound.
Notable Quotes
"Well-being and healthy habits are more important than any number on the scale."— Lindo Bacon, Health at Every Size
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Health at Every Size Summary & Review: Drop the Diet, Keep the Habits
Health at Every Size summary: Lindo Bacon’s weight-neutral plan to drop the diet war, keep hunger cues and joyful movement, and start habits that do not wait on the scale.