Body Diversity NL

Email: bodydiversitynl@gmail.com

Twitter: @BodyDiversityNL
Facebook: @BodyImageNetworkNL

Mandate: Body Diversity Newfoundland and Labrador is a non-profit organization that focuses on promoting the value of body diversity and strives to support healthy minds and healthy bodies. Body Diversity NL  envisions to see communities that accept and respect body diversity, that do not pass judgment based on physical characteristics, and that support physical and mental health in diverse bodies.

Target Population: Everyone; Residents of Newfoundland and Labrador

Highlights of Programs / Services Offered: Body Diversity NL strives to provide evidence-based resources to support creating body positive spaces in the home, workplace, schools, and community. The support and services section provides tools and information to better understand and appreciate body diversity.

• Community Leaders
• Teachers
• Parents
• Early Childhood Educators
• Health Professionals
• Youth
• General Information and FAQs
• For a list of resources, click
• Health Not Weight Collaborative
  • Collaborative Goals:
    • To align policy, practice and research to advance evidence-based strategies to address weight related concerns in NL.
    • To reduce silos between obesity reduction and eating disorder prevention to ensure a coordinated approach in health promotion in NL.
    • To implement a ‘health not weight’ approach in health research, practice, promotion, and policy in NL.