Current Events

by Dr. Deah, Feb.29, 2012

This is day 4 of National Eating Awareness Disorders Week…as I always say, for those of us with eating disorders or with friends, colleagues, or family members with eating disorders, every day is eating disorders day and every week is eating disorders week. This year’s theme is Everybody knows Somebody and today’s thought of the [...]

by Dr. Deah, Feb.20, 2012

What are you doing for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week?  “I didn’t know.  I should have known, I didn’t understand.  I had no idea.” These are phrases spoken frequently during the new documentary, Someday Melissa.  This documentary, proficiently crafted by a talented filmmaker, Jeffrey Cobelli, underscores how easy it is for loving involved families to [...]

by Dr. Deah, Dec.11, 2011

I am thrilled to share this wonderful review written by Kim Brittingham, the author of Read My Hips.  Kim who has extensive knowledge in the area of body image issues reviewed the Leftovers To Go Workbook/DVD set and here is the link.  Please feel free to share the link with your community of therapists, educators [...]

by Dr. Deah, Oct.02, 2011

Those of you that read Dr. Deah’s Tasty Morsels know that I have an enormous amount of rage about the Lap Band(r).  My reasons are both personal and professional.  A close relative of mine had the lap band procedure and it was, by all statistical measurements, unsuccessful. The fall out from the procedure was toxic [...]

by Dr. Deah, Aug.19, 2011

Recently I wrote about Ed Koch’s book that leaves the bullies unpunished and focuses on the fat kid having to change in order to avoid the bullying.  Now there is a book coming out in October that is a diet book for six year olds. I was about to write my blog on this, when [...]

by Dr. Deah, Aug.10, 2011

Former Mayor Ed Koch and his sister Pat have just had a children’s book published. And I almost want to buy it and read it.  Almost but not quite.  The book, Eddie Shapes Up, was discussed in the New York Times by Sam Roberts, who describes the book as, “a more or less autobiographical account [...]

by Dr. Deah, Aug.09, 2011

Today’s article in the New York Times, Catching Obesity From Friends May Not Be So Easy written by, Gina Kolata is a welcome read. Ms Kolata’s article discusses the flaws in the research methodology and conclusions of the famous, “Obesity is Contagious Study,” by Doctors Nicholas Christakis, a social scientist at Harvard, and James Fowler, [...]

by Dr. Deah, Jul.29, 2011

On our website, Leftovers To Go, we have two categories for blogs. One is Tasty Morsels, which is written by Dr. Deah Schwartz and is about body image, size acceptance, Health at Every Size, and using expressive arts therapies to address eating disorders and body dissatisfaction.  Tasty Morsels is based on Dr. Deah’s personal experiences [...]

by Dr. Deah, Jul.21, 2011

Just a reminder that the NAAFA conference is taking place in Washington DC from August 4-8th and the ASDAH conference will be in San Francisco from August 12-14th, 2011.  These are wonderful opportunities to learn more about size acceptance, health at every size, network and have fun.

by Dr. Deah, Jul.21, 2011

Here is a link to a wonderful commentary by Marilyn Wann on the recent suggestion by a public health expert to remove fat kids from their homes and place them in Foster Care. Do you have opinions about this?