catapult magazine

Items tagged weight

• The bodies of believers

  How do we perceive ourselves when it comes to being physically healthy? Several community members evaluate their health and health concerns.

• Dancing into beauty

  How can perceptions of beauty change between ages 16 and 26?

• Femininity and the Big-Boned Gal

  Reflecting on identity via a mother's larger-than-life mythology.

• A huge gap

  A personal reflection on weight, prompted by the ABC Family show, Huge.

• The weight of the West

  What the author learned about food systems by cleansing her body of yeast and toxins.

• Always

  A short story about a girl in the hospital and her twin in the mirror.

• Eating together

  A review of Harriet Brown's memoir Brave Girl Eating: The Story of a Family's Struggle with Anorexia.

• More weight

  Relieving the unbearable lightness of privilege.

• Ten resolutions in reverse

  Reflecting on a year of getting healthy without the pressure of New Year’s resolutions.

• Poverty and health

  A call to equip people with the tools to live a healthy and active lifestyle.