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"Let's Move:" Michelle Obama's Anti-Obesity Program Looks Promising

Despite her ill-advised anecdotes about her daughters' weight, the anti-childhood obesity program Michelle Obama will launch today seems pretty reasonable. Of course, the National Review disagrees. More »

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Discussing Daughters' Weight Not The Best Way To Encourage Healthy Eating

Last week, Michelle Obama began discussion of her anti-obesity initiative by recalling a time when her own daughters' weight was "off balance." It's not the first time the Obamas have mentioned their kids' weight, and it's drawing widespread criticism. More »

02/02/10

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Naked Supermodels Are The Future Of The Magazine Economy

There is at least one obvious reason LOVE decided to put Kate Moss and seven other naked models on the cover of its third issue. However, editor-in-chief Katie Grand would have it that theirs was a nobler intent: body diversity. More »

02/02/10

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Eating Disorders Somehow Still Occuring In Fashion Industry

With the tiny increase in the number of larger models in fashion magazines, the issue of models who are too thin has somewhat receded. But another former model has spoken out about how she developed anorexia in order to work. More »

02/01/10

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Click here to read <i>LA Times</i> On Obesity: "Slim Society's Tolerance Is Wearing Thin"

LA Times On Obesity: "Slim Society's Tolerance Is Wearing Thin"

Last week, a friend of mine had a conversation about how the Coke is much better overseas, as it uses real sugar instead of corn syrup. She then added: "I hear that by 2027, 100% of Americans will be obese." More »

01/31/10

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Click here to read But What About Senator Gillibrand's <em>Baby Weight?</em>?

But What About Senator Gillibrand's Baby Weight??

"Like every new mom, it takes time, it takes time, to get back in shape and be yourself again," Gillibrand told the New York Daily News. And then she Revealed Her Diet Secrets! More »

01/26/10

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The "Baby Weight" Obsession: Officially Out Of Control

Back in the day, an asshole neighbor of my parents' allegedly said, a week after his son had been born, "I'm giving my wife a month to get back to 110. A tight 110." In those days, this was shocking. More »

01/25/10

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Eating For Beauty? Not As Fun As It Sounds

The idea of a culture that finds heavier women more attractive than thin women seems appealing. But the practice of "gavage"—force feeding—in Mauritania confirms that living up any female standard of beauty is never easy. More »

01/21/10

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Eating: Everybody's An Expert

The American Psychiatric Association is reconsidering the category of Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, which is diagnosed more often than anorexia or bulimia. Now if only they could do something about judgment. More »

01/19/10

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On "Pseudo-Fitness" Magazines And Eating Disorders

The hypocrisy of women's "health" magazines becomes fairly obvious just by looking at their covers. For example, this month's Self magazine features one cover line, "Be Happy And Healthy At Any Size" tucked below a much larger cover line: More »

01/17/10

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French Women Don't Get Fat ... Unless America Makes Them

In an international survey of weight attitudes, Brazil and India both beat out the US in terms of pressure to be thin. Most likely to blame America for rising obesity: France, of course. [NYT]

01/15/10

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Is Crystal Renn's Success Really A "Triumph" For Size 12s?

According to the New York Times, when V magazine's Stephen Gan first met Crystal Renn, whom he would eventually cast in the plus size issue, he said what many of us have been thinking all along: More »

01/14/10

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V Magazine Loves You, Whoever And Whatever You Are

Click here to read <i>V</i> Magazine Loves You, Whoever And Whatever You Are

For its size issue — which hits newsstands on January 14 — V has shown us naked girls, spot-the-difference girls, and girls with pasties. Here now are some men and women of different shapes, colors, and genders, rocking astounding shoes. More »

01/12/10

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"My Boyfriends Are Ben And Jerry:" Can Food Be An Addiction?

In an interview with True/Slant, Angry Fat Girls author Frances Kuffel gives a perspective we don't usually hear: someone who decries American culture's obsession with thinness, but believes her own weight gain is caused by an "addiction." More »

01/12/10

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New Surgeon General Accepts "Hurtful" Weight Criticism

While we find the debate about Dr. Regina Benjamin's weight totally inappropriate, in the Good Morning America interview after the jump, Dr. Benjamin says that though the comments about her weight are "hurtful," her weight "should be an open dialogue." More »

01/11/10

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Whose Health Is It, Anyway? Fat, Bone Density, And Why We Should All Just F*cking Relax

Another year, another story about how fat acceptance is going to kill us all. Also deadly: being a size zero. More »

01/06/10

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V Gives The World A Plus-Size Shoot Not Afraid To Flaunt Its Curves

Click here to read <i>V</I> Gives The World A Plus-Size Shoot Not Afraid To Flaunt Its Curves

We were perplexed when our first glimpse of V magazine's plus-size Spring issue revealed questionable styling choices and an unfortunate competitive paradigm between the two models featured, Crystal Renn and Jacquelyn Jablonski. This next shoot, though, just blew our minds. More »

01/04/10

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Taco Bell's "Drive Thru Diet" Isn't Really A Diet, After All

It's not surprising that diet companies are pushing their products hard during New Year's resolution season, but you know things have gotten a little out of control when even Taco Bell hops on the ol' weight loss bandwagon. More »

01/02/10

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V Magazine Can't Put A Plus Size Model In Its Pages Without A Straight Size Model For Comparison

Click here to read <i>V</i> Magazine Can't Put A Plus Size Model In Its Pages Without A Straight Size Model For Comparison

For January, V made the questionable decision of pairing plus-size model Crystal Renn with straight-size model Jacquelyn Jablonksi, in the same outfits. The magazine says this "proves fashion can flatter any figure." We say, why pit one woman against another? More »

12/22/09

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"You Know They Mean 'Fat':" Lara Stone, Crystal Renn, And Body Diversity

Consider the cruel plight of model Lara Stone. Although she wears, at most, a U.S. size 4, the fact that she has breasts means that — well, nobody in fashion calls her 'fat' exactly, but... More »

12/18/09

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Martha Stewart Says If You're Too Fat For Roberto Cavalli Dresses, Lose Weight

Cavalli: "I say all the time that God inspires me… I love the dresses that God created for tigers, for leopards…" Martha: "Everybody who's not thin enough to wear the dresses: Go on a little diet." Immediately following this exchange? More »

12/10/09

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