Obese

Does Fat By Any Other Name Still Look Bad In Lycra?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Ninja Warrior, David Spade, Tommy Boy, Metabo, Obese, Metabolic Syndrome, Public Health, New York Times, Weight Loss, Obesity, Japan Waistlines, Chris Farley, Harajuku, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

From the country who gave us both Harajuku and Ninja Warrior, we now get a new trend. Japan has an aggressive yet motherly new public health mission of reducing the national waistline.

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Does Obesity = Suicide?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 04.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Ads, Suicide, Obesity, Overweight, Obese, Advertising, Body Image, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Is it right to equate being obese with killing oneself? Is this a clever ad campaign or an offensive slight to those struggling with depression/suicidal thoughts and their loved ones?

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It's Not Weightism. You're Just Obese.

John Ridley | Posted 04.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Video, Plus Size, Obese, Body Image, Weightism, Plus Sized, Weight Loss, Obesity, Living News
John Ridley

Why in the world would we choose to mollycoddle with laws which encourage the obese to continue to both live an unhealthy lifestyle and stick us with the bill?

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Give Up -- Just Be Fat

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Obesity Crisis, Twins, Fat Phobia, Obese, Weight Loss Industry, Fat, Weight Loss, Genetics, Overweight, Current Research, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Would a thin gene test finally release fat people from the lazy-no-willpower-fat-is-contagious stereotype that our society is so fond of or would it only make it easier to pick them out to vilify?

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