The event is centred on weight inclusivity and respectful care without idealising specific weights or body sizes.
Ireland’s first ever Health at Every Size event is coming to Dublin this April.
Organised by Intuitive Eating Ireland and nutritionist Niamh Obrinski, and presented by Síle Seoige, the HAES Summit will bring together a range of speakers and health experts to explore the Health at Every Size movement.
The movement sprung from research carried out by Linda Bacon, and it is based on the principles of weight inclusivity, eating for wellbeing, health enhancement, respectful care and life-enhancing movements.
The summit’s official website outlines these concepts further.
Weight inclusivity means to “accept and respect the inherent diversity of body shapes and sizes and reject the idealizing or pathologizing of specific weights.”
Health enhancement means to “support health policies that improve and equalize access to information and services, and personal practices that improve human well-being, including attention to individual physical, economic, social, spiritual, emotional and other needs.”
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By respectful care, the summit means to “acknowledge our biases, and work to end weight discrimination, weight stigma, and weight bias,” and to “provide information and services from an understanding that socio-economic status, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and other identities impact weight stigma”.
Eating for wellbeing involves the promotion of “flexible, individualized eating based on hunger, satiety, nutritional needs and pleasure”, as opposed to any “externally regulated eating plan focused on weight control.”.
The event promises to “fill you with inspiration and give you the tools to begin achieving wellbeing on your own terms, without having to focus on weight loss”.
The speakers include nutritionist and intuitive eating counsellor Niamh Obrinski, clinical nurse specialist and perinatal mental health nurse Sinéad Crowe, academics Dr Margaret Steele and Dr Éadaoin Butler, counsellor and psychotherapist Sandra O’Keefe, HAES educator Carly Keegan, HAES aligned pilates teacher Julette Jones and TV presenter Síle Seoige.
The HAES Summit takes place at the Marker Hotel in Dublin on 9 April 2022. Tickets for the event cost €85 and are available right here.
