Apps
Screen prints of the Allgo app
ALLGO APP
AllGo is a review app where plus-size people rate the comfort and accessibility of public spaces so others can know what to expect. We help people of size go out more, with less anxiety. Our reviews are straight from the source: Fat people who’ve been there before and want to share what it was like.
Screen prints of the Friendly Like Me app
FRIENDLY LIKE ME APP
Friendly Like Me is a new app to to help people with disabilities and people of size find businesses, such as a theater or a restaurant, any business that offers services to the public, whether or not a place is able to accommodate non-average bodies.
Crowd-sourced by people navigating life in non-average bodies, Friendly Like Me connects individuals with the places striving to make fit and accessibility a priority.
Our users leverage Friendly to signal each other about the presence, (or absence), of the accessibility amenities they need to be comfortable in a built-for-average world.
Use the app or the web version.
National Plus Guide logo
NATIONAL PLUS GUIDE
National Plus Guide a database of plus-friendly and plus-owned businesses. It allows plus individuals and their allies to search and recommend a wide variety of businesses and services. The directory’s essential purpose is to help to identify safe, comfortable spaces for larger bodies.
Our mission is based on the concepts of empowerment, community, and change. Beyond the directory, our goal is to build a community. Our Events Calendar will keep you updated on plus positive events happening throughout the country. Our monthly Newsletter will highlight things happening in the plus community and highlight contributions from talented individuals. You can also connect with us on Social Media where we’re always shining a spotlight on people doing great things!
Curriculum/Learning
A drawing of an apple tree and and apple with a smiling face parachuting to the ground with a leaf - Everybody in Schools - https://issuu.com/naafa/docs/every_body_in_schools-binder
Everybody in Schools
Everybody in Schools (Chancellor) was a collaborative project between Chancellor State College and the University of the Sunshine Coast. One of the major outputs from the project was the development of the Everybody in Schools Curriculum Unit Resource Resource Kit. The Resource Kit is based on the Health at Every Size® Principles (HAES®) of valuing body size diversity, fostering self-esteem and resilience, healthy and pleasurable eating and active living. NAAFA is very proud to able to offer this resource on our website and thank all those who worked on this exceptional project. All material copyrights are those of the authors as noted in the document and are presented here with permission.
Photo of three fat womxn giving the finger to scales
History of the Health At Every Size® Movement
by Barbara Altman Bruno, PhD, LCSW
A 7-part series on the history of the size acceptance and Health At Every Size® movements.
the HAES® files: History of the Health At Every Size® Movement (Part I)
the HAES® files: History of the Health At Every Size® Movement—the 1970s & 80s (Part 2)
the HAES® files: History of the Health At Every Size® Movement—The Early 1990s (Part 3)
the HAES® files: History of the Health At Every Size® Movement—The Mid- to Late 1990s (Part 4)
the HAES® files: History of the Health At Every Size® Movement – Late 1990s (Part 5)
the HAES® files: History of the Health At Every Size® Movement – Early 21st Century (Part 6)
the HAES® files: History of the Health At Every Size® Movement – Early 21st Century (Part 7)
Fat Organizations
Association for Size Diversity and Health’s Logo (ASDAH) - https://www.sizediversityandhealth.org/
ASSOCIATION FOR SIZE DIVERSITY AND HEALTH
As a non-profit organization with an international membership committed to the practice of the Health At Every Size® (HAES®) Principles, ASDAH envisions a world that celebrates bodies of all shapes and sizes, in which body weight is no longer a source of discrimination and where oppressed communities have equal access to the resources and practices that support health and well being.
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination with a pic of the statue of a woman holding a scale (Justice) - http://cswd.org
COUNCIL ON SIZE AND WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION
The Council on Size and Weight Discrimination works to change public policies and people’s attitudes concerning body weight. We act as consumer advocates for larger people, especially in the areas of medical treatment, job discrimination, and media images.
Image is a black background with a circular design with a stylized line drawing of a fat person with a thin person inside outlined in white on each side of the rectangle and white lettering reading: Deutschlands Forum für Dicke on the first line and Unabhängig. Selbstbewuβt. Diätfrei., on the second line.
Deutschlands Forum für Dicke (Germany's forum for fat people)
The aim of these pages is to support fat people in gaining self-confidence independent of body weight. Because you are fat, we, the operators of DDS, shouldn't feel guilty. And that you are fat, we also find, is no reason not to accept yourself or to allow yourself to be discriminated against. So if you are here to make peace with your body, you are spot on.
Graphic shows multiple circles in various sizes and colors in a left arc formation. With the German title, “Gesellschaft gegen Gewichtsdiskriminierung e.V.” in gray lettering.
The Society against Weight Discrimination (GgG) e.V.
The Society against Weight Discrimination (GgG) e.V. is a German socio-political association with the aim of improving the social acceptance of fat people and counteracting discrimination on the basis of body weight. It was founded in 2005 as an association of people of very different abdominal girths who set out to change the predominantly negative view of society on fat people. Our work does not primarily focus on fat people, but on the discriminatory social environment.
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/gewichtsdiskriminierung/
Graphic shows the words “Health At Every Size” vertically; next to HAES AUSTRALIA (hoizontally) and a red graphic above the S.
HAES AUSTRALIA INC
Bringing together the highest quality information, training and specialists in Australia for the Health at Every Size® (HAES®) approach.
Our aims are to:
- Support, connect and promote professionals, researchers and organisations in health, fitness and wellness fields who/which practise a weight-neutral, non-diet, client- centred approach to wellbeing aligned with the ‘Health at Every Size’ (‘HAES’) principles defined by the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH).
- Increase professional and public awareness of weight-neutral, non-diet, client-centred practice and research outcomes.
HAES Australia is also available on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HAESAustralia/
Image is red lettering reading, nolose, with a small red star over the first o and a red rectangle beneath it with white lettering reading, The revolution just got bigger.
nolose.org
Nolose is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to ending the oppression of fat people and creating vibrant fat queer culture. utilizing activism and empowerment work.
Image is a red rectangle with white lettering, HOBS, and red lettering under the rectangle reading HÄLSA OBEROENDE AV STORLEK.
Riksförbundet HOBS - Hälsa oberoende av storlek (National Association HOBS – Health regardless of size)
Swedish non-profit patient organization that works with issues related to overweight and obesity. This means that our work is driven by the patients' needs, or rather your needs. Since 1995, we have worked with knowledge dissemination, political advocacy and activities. Our vision is a society with zero tolerance for weight stigma and where everyone is offered qualified and equal care.
Weight Neutral Healthcare Providers
These lists are provided as information only and are not owned or updated by NAAFA.
Fat Friendly Health Professionals List - This is a community-sourced list compiled by Stef Jones
Health at Every Size® Provider Listing - List is currently being rejuvenated by the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH). The planned launch is for sometime in February 2023.
Weight Neutral Providers Lead List - This is a community-sourced list compiled by Mary Lambert