She is one of the founders of the Health at Every Size (HAES) approach, and creator of www.BodyPositive.com. Deeply interested in both stigma and body image, and how people change culture and find a way to cherish the bodies they were taught to demonize, she uses these lessons in her clinical work with people suffering from various forms of body estrangement. Her research asks, what helps people of all sizes develop sustainable health practices that last? She co-wrote Great Shape: The First Fitness Guide for Large Women in 1988, and has contributed to several major anthologies, including Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders, Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, and The Fat Studies Reader, and is co-author of the Academy for Eating Disorders' “Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs.”