What to do if you think you have been discriminated against at work because of your weight:

Start a file. Gather together all of your employment records, especially your job evaluations. If the employer claims that your weight prevents you from doing the job, you need to show that you have been performing all the required duties.

Contact your local Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office (800-669-3362) and the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

          Health At Every Size              

The Council on Size & Weight Discrimination promotes Health At Every Size (HAES). The basic principles of this philosophy are:

1) Total Health Enhancement and well-being, rather than weight loss or achieving a specific "ideal weight."

2) Self-acceptance and respect for the diversity of bodies that come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, rather than the pursuit of an idealized weight at all costs

3) The pleasure of eating well, based on internal cues of hunger and satiety, rather than on external food plan or diets.

4) The joy of movement, encouraging all physical activities rather than prescribing a specific routine of regimented exercise.

Author: Kratina, Karin, MA, RD. Originally published as "Tenets of the Nondiet Approach" in Moving Away from Diets: Healing Eating Problems and Exercise Resistance by Kratina, Hayes and King, 1996.

Five portions of fruit and vegetables a day may be enough to protect against heart disease, according to a study.

What is a portion?                

A medium apple or banana

A bowl of mixed salad

3 tablespoons of peas or carrots

Any amount of green beans

Any amount of soy, kidney or chickpeas.

Any amount of 100% fruit of vegetable juice (only once a day)

Women generally eat more fruit and vegetables than men.

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