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Health Insurance Makes People Fat? FOX Thinks So

I just saw this on FOX. Some people did a study which determined that, among Americans who own health insurance right now, they are fatter than people who don't. I don't remember who did the study, it's probably e…
Does Being Overweight Set Up a Child for Abuse?

(Image unavailable to do extreme prejudice. I searched for an hour and couldn't find any unoffensive pictures to appropriately illustrate this story. Which is a story in and of itself.) In one of the saddest examples th…
Confessions of a Fat Girl

Ok, so I'm not the skinniest girl on the planet. I get that. In December I made a goal to lose weight because I felt I would be happier that way. I weighed 225 at the beginning of January (the heaviest I’ve ever weigh…
Do Skinny People Sell More Chocolate?

Once upon a time in a rainy kingdom far, far away on Ye West Coast, I was a Godiva girl. No, not the riding-a-horse-naked-through-town kind (can you imagine the chafing?) but the chocolate-pimping kind. My day job wa…
Mississippi is The Fattest State For 3rd Straight Year!

Mississippi has claimed the title of fattest state for the third consecutive year, while Colorado repeats as the leanest according to a new analysis by CalorieLab, Inc.West Virginia and Alabama, where I am now eating…
Most Overweight and Healthiest Nation In The World

The United States gets criticized for being one of the fatter nations in the world. I've always wondered if that was true. Turns out its not. The United States it #9 in terms of the most obese nations from around…
Are You Politically Correct About Health Words?

I've noticed something about myself when I talk to people in public about health, compared to talking to people in private. When I'm in public I tend to use words like unhealthy, overweight instead of saying "fat",…
Fat People Are Always Hot

If you've ever met me you'd probably ask why I'm sweating. I always find myself sweating if the room temperature is warmer than outside. One time when I came to work, my co-worker asked me the very question, why ar…
Their Weight Problem is Bad For My Mental Health

Several members of my family are overweight. And so, over the years, I've seen it all: gym memberships, near-religious watching of The Biggest Loser (now, that TV show could go on forever), resolutions that didn't sti…
The Real Reason Why French Women Aren't Fat

I live in France, you know the country where "women don't get fat?" A recent survey showed that french women have the lowest BMI (body mass index) of all European countries. The average BMI is around 23 . In the UK…