Today sees the launch of Beats Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Beat is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders, helping individuals and their families to beat eating disorders. This year sees Beat’s 21st Birthday and they have a lot planned.

“We want to use our 21st year to campaign for the services and support that you want and need to help beat eating disorders.  On Monday 22nd February we will be launching our manifesto which we will use to lobby the Government. You will be able to download the manifesto from that morning and use it to raise awareness with your MP, local health service and help us campaign for change.”

There are several ways in which you can get involved, so visit the website to show your support.

After posting about my tribute to the women of last year who played a big part in our website and those I would really like to connect with in the plus size world this year, I had a message from the creator of Fat Girls Guide to Living saying she would love to talk to me, so here it is. Thank you Tee for your fantastic interview, I hope we can speak again soon.

Fat Girls Guide to Living is one of the most innovative plus size blogs I have come across and I enjoy reading it even when I am not looking for plus size fencing gear! The articles are enthralling, how did it all start, where and when?

Thank you! I had the idea for FGG after meeting some of my readers from adventurejournalist.com and realizing they were surprised to see that I was overweight. Because I had blogged so much about traveling, hiking, skating, kayaking and other things most people don’t imagine “fat girls” doing, they had always pictured me as thin and athletic. I got a lot of “I wish I could do that!” responses from other women who were overweight, so the light bulb went off for a web site that shows plus-size women that, well… you can!
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Obesity is a serious health issue and here at 100% People we aim to support individuals who need help in life. The health area of the website aims to do just that, here we highlight the latest news and our findings that we think will be useful to you.

The BBC today reported about a device being used in order to change the eating habits of children in order to reduce obesity and help children to listen to their bodies when eating.
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Jezebal reports:

Around 30 protesters held a rally outside Ralph Lauren’s NYC flagship to demand that the company stop using images of models who’ve been Photoshopped into unreality for its advertisements. Protest organizers said they even envision a legislative solution.

Protesters chanted and marched in a circle on East 72nd Street and Madison Avenue, a corner where the foot traffic was otherwise comprised of holiday shopper. Sonia Ossorio, of the National Organization for Women’s New York chapter, which organized the protest, said that the date was chosen with the holiday shopping season in mind. And although Ralph Lauren was targeted because of its recent spate of disgustingly over-Photoshopped advertisements, not to mention the revelation that the company terminated model Filippa Hamilton’s multi-year contract because, at 5′9″ and 120 lbs, she had become “too fat” for its tastes, the message is really for all fashion companies;
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I came across this blog today whilst looking for inspiring content to greet you all with, and I think it is a fantastic idea. A Revolution: Love Yourself is a blog created for women to learn to love themselves instead of trying to conform to the media or stereotypical imagery – the woman that created this blog, Dom, is one after my own heart and it is something 100% People is always trying to instill in our readers.

She is trying to start a revolution, so help us all to help each other and visit her blog to see how you can make a difference to your confidence and inspire others to do the same.

Take a read of her blog profile to find out what she is trying to achieve;

“I created this blog to help women learn to love themselves. I want everyone to quit killing themselves over trying to fit the stereotype of what the media has made us to believe is beautiful. I hope that one day whether you are a size 2 or a size 22, whether your nose sticks out more than you think it should, whether your knees have scares, whether you believe your skin is too light or too dark, i hope that you will go out into the world with your head held high. Be confident and accept your body. You only have one life and one body, wear it proudly. What i would love from you guys are emails with pictures about any part of your body that you love and have learned to accept with a small paragraph on how you came to love it and what you love about it! i want everyone to see beautifulness! email me at thebodyrev@gmail.com! I cannot wait to see everyone’s pics.”

So no matter where you are in the world or what quibbles you may have had with your body, connect with people just like you and present your story so we can all work together to overcome the insecurities we have with our bodies. Visit the blog here.

‘You can eat an extra cheeseburger a day’ – say diet experts!
This was the headline used in the Daily Mail on Sunday to report research carried out by a committee of Britain’s leading nutritional experts on the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) that found we could eat an extra 400 calories a day.

Besides the fact that the headline is totally misleading, to compare the extra calorie intake to a cheeseburger is totally irresponsible, as if we don’t have enough to think about when it comes to our health do we then get told that we can eat extra calories in the form of junk food!

I am pretty sure that the scientific results did not say, ‘you can consume a cheeseburger everyday with no worries of what it might do to your body’, instead the research revealed that with consideration of the amount of exercise done by an individual a day then it may be possible to consume an extra 400 calories. These calories do not allow people to be irresponsible with the food they consume nor should they be taken light heartedly. Food consumption should be based on listening to your body’s hunger signals and reflect your daily activity, they are not saying you can allow yourself a cheeseburger, they are saying that extra calories can be consumed through sensible eating.

In my opinion a healthy consumption of food is not reliant on calories – calories act as a guide but can be construed that as long as we do not consume more than our daily limit then it doesn’t matter what we eat – which is not correct, if we ate burgers three times a day but stayed within our calorific limit then that could be interpreted as ‘healthy’ – and this is why there is so much confusion. It seems the papers enjoy making it harder for society!

The BBC have today reported there is to be a demonstration march outside Westminster in London in a bid to make fat discrimination in society and the work place illegal.

The mayor of London is being asked to lead the way in making sure employers do not discriminate. One “fat and proud” mother featured on Inside Out last week giving her experience of size discrimination; Kathryn Szrodecki, a size acceptance campaigner has started fighting back, saying the UK should be following San Francisco where a law bans “fat-ism” in housing, employment and even curbs doctors from pressing patients to lose weight. In the UK, size is not a protected characteristic under discrimination legislation.

Will you be part of the demonstration today, if so can you offer your comments on the current situation. Have you been descriminated against because of the way you look? Read the full story from the BBC below and tell us your thoughts.
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In a bid to rid the world of tunnel vision, Gok is again speaking out for body confidence and appealing to women to shed their clothes and show their real figures to prove body diversity should be celebrated! To prove 100% People’s dedication to you beautiful and body diverse men and women out there, our very own website creator has gone nude (classic nude!) and sent her picture to Gok so she too can join Gok’s Naked Army!!

This is where we ask you to do the very same, as the saying goes – if we can do it so can you!! So lets all come together to help Gok get his Naked Army across the nation! He is looking for Calendar Girl classic nudity, not page 3!And “Over time, we’ll build up a picture of the body confidence map of Britain. A selection of your photos and Gok’s group pictures will be shown on How to Look Good Naked and the Channel 4 website.”

Take a look at the channel 4 website to find out where to send your photos.

I couldn’t help but put this is the news section today, it’s an article from USA TODAY and I thought it was brilliant and although I thought that the pets we keep give us joy it is now a proven fact that they not only give love, but give us health as well!

Read the article from USA TODAY below

How do pets help us? Let us count the ways — and keep counting, researchers say.

The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction (ReCHAI) will explore the ways animals benefit people of all ages during the International Society for Anthrozoology and Human-Animal Interaction Conference in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 20-25.

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Here at 100% People we have always advocated that health and happiness go hand in hand and that no matter what your size, you can achieve your health goals, it seems that now there is evidence that we were right.

Anxiety about an “obesity epidemic” seems to grow on a daily basis with studies that report more than half of the U.S. adult population is now overweight or obese. At the same time, the body-acceptance movement is surging, promoting the message of loving yourself and maintaining a positive self-image no matter your size, thin or fat.

“The notion that everyone can — and should — be thin is a product of political distortion and cultural panic over body diversity”

Caught in those contradictions are people like Jeannie Troy, who feels like she is treading water in both turbulent streams. The Denver post reports:

“I’m obese, but I’m absolutely fit,” says the 47-year-old Thornton resident, who at barely 5 feet tall and just under 200 pounds, still has healthy blood pressure, can swim for two hours, takes a three-hour dance class and enjoys biking and hiking.
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