Her personal difficulties with weight regulation and her experience in overcoming them provide important perspective and inspiration for her work. Relying on her unusual blend of academic, therapeutic and clinical expertise, Bacon is adept at translating scientific research into practical application. She also earned a PhD in Physiology with a Nutrition emphasis from the University of California. Bacon’s academic training includes two Masters Degrees, one in Psychotherapy, specializing in Eating Disorders and Body Image, and the other in Exercise Science, specializing in Metabolism. Linda Bacon is changing the way we view our own bodies, as well as the bodies of others and has made a huge impact already with her two books Health at Every Size and Body Respect. This movement has revolutionized what it means to be healthy and is stripping away our culture’s longtime belief that overweight means unhealthy and that one’s health can only be determined by one’s size.Dr. Linda Bacon is the creator of the movement Health at Every Size, also known as HAES.
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