At LK Diet, the Health at Every Size (HAES) principles have knowledgeable our mannequin of care and our follow ethics. Whereas there are legitimate critiques of HAES in its present iteration and conversations being held to handle the issues (e.g., its lack of intersectionality, inherent healthism, and the white washing of its messages) – the essence of HAES advocates for necessary ideas like respecting physique range, and difficult dangerous assumptions and biases within the healthcare area about weight and well being. The HAES paradigm has undoubtedly benefited our follow, and our shoppers.
Whereas HAES is trademarked by a corporation known as ASDAH (Affiliation for Dimension Range and Well being), Lindo Bacon, a skinny white clinician, writer and researcher, has been one of the vital seen, vocal and public advocates of HAES.
A number of individuals (Marquisele Mercedes, Lindley Ashline, and others) have just lately come ahead sharing disturbing interactions and hurt they’ve skilled from Lindo Bacon. Beneath are the related articles for extra context:
After studying about what’s occurred, our follow has been attempting to reconcile what this implies for all of us – collectively as a bunch, as particular person practitioners with totally different identities and ranges of privilege, and for our shoppers. We’ve been grappling with a number of questions and emotions. Emotions like anger, concern, disappointment, ache, frustration and uncertainty. This example brings up quite a bit that factors to the place the work nonetheless is for us.
As Marquisele Merecedes wrote, “Sure, it’s about Lindo, nevertheless it’s additionally quite a bit greater than them…”
Within the spirit of transparency and continued accountability to reduce hurt in our personal follow – particularly round anti-Blackness and anti-fatness – beneath are the actions we’re taking at LK Diet:
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Working towards diet counseling via a dimension inclusive lens that respects physique range and doesn’t collude with eating regimen tradition
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Investing in sources and attending trainings that heart fats and Black voices
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Looking for out paid session from fats and Black educators/consultants
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Constructing relationships with fats and Black suppliers in our skilled neighborhood (and referring to them to satisfy consumer wants)
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In search of alternatives to advocate for fats and Black liberation in our area
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Growing a system for figuring out the security of a supplier earlier than referring out
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Attending instructional trainings via ASDAH and different organizations that heart the views of these with marginalized identities
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Dedicating time for ongoing conversations inside our staff to debate how anti-Blackness, anti-fatness, racism, and different types of systemic oppression are displaying up in our house (together with how to answer it)
Extra data on our staff’s dedication to anti-racism could be discovered here. Extra data on follow proprietor Lindsay’s particular person dedication to anti-racism could be discovered here.
