America, and quite possibly the world, has been watching your private battle of the bulge for the last 20 years, and we feel your pain.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living
The food comas that will descend on many of us over the holidays may not actually come from the turkey, ham or other holiday meal. You'd have to eat a...
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics
I wonder once again, would Sarah Palin have received the VP nomination if she were obese?
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living
Forget what Newsweek is suggesting as a way to beat the afternoon slump and just try this instead: a 20 to 30 minute nap. Seriously. I dare you. When ...
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 09.17.2008 | Living
I suppose it started when my mother decided I had a weight problem. An only daughter, I was supposed to be like her, so since she had a weight problem, I must too.
Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living
Before you can say "Kirstie Alley", the men all line up by the scale, with absolutely no hesitation and no prodding whatsoever, and weigh themselves. No clearer divide exists between Mars and Venus.
Leslie Goldman | Posted 08.08.2008 | Style
The opening dialogue of disFigured moves into a rare plotline that I found shockingly real, touchy, emotional, humorous and hurtful, and introspective for viewers heavy and thin alike.
Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living
When it comes to bizarre celeb diets and wacky fitness regimens, we can't get enough. I was beyond thrilled to read last week in US Weekly that the wa...
Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.03.2008 | Living
Club 21 is an elite clique to which high school girls at St Patrick's College can belong. The thinner the girl, the prettier and more popular she is assumed to be and the higher her rank, from 1 to 21.
Deborah King | Posted 01.11.2009 | Media