# Defining the guiding principles of weight-inclusive nutrition education

## TL;DR

This paper explains a new approach to nutrition education that focuses on health without emphasizing weight control.

## Contribution

The paper introduces core principles of weight-inclusive nutrition education as a sustainable and inclusive health strategy.

## Key findings

- Weight-inclusive nutrition disrupts anti-fat bias and prevents eating disorders.
- It is rooted in Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating concepts.
- The approach uses theories like the social ecological model for public health.

## Abstract

Weight-centric nutrition education centers weight as a health indicator and teaches individuals methods for controlling their weight and shape. This approach has negative psychological and physiological consequences, including the development of eating disorder pathology. Alternatively, weight-inclusive nutrition education disrupts anti-fat bias, may act as primary prevention of eating disorders, and offers a more sustainable approach to wellbeing. Weight-inclusive nutrition has roots in established concepts such as Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating, as well as interdisciplinary public health and social science theories such as the social ecological model and social cognitive theory. This paper outlines the core principles of weight-inclusive nutrition education.