Other Writing
"When Your Doctor Makes You Feel Fat" Prevention, July 2011
"Coping With Crises Close to Someone Else's Heart"
Emphasize Behavior, Not Weight Loss, the New York Times "Room for Debate" blog, March 25, 2010.
For Obese People, Prejudice in Plain Sight, the New York Times, March 15, 2010. This story, on the prevalence and deadliness of weight-based discrimination, sparked a heated debate on the Times' Well blog.
One Spoonful at a Time, the New York Times Magazine, Nov. 26, 2006. This feature, describing a year in the life of a family struggling with anorexia, formed the basis for the book Brave Girl Eating.
Go With Your Gut, the New York Times, Feb. 20, 2006. Op-ed suggesting that we enjoy food rather than count calories and fat grams.
