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New research could help explain why losing weight is so difficult — obesity may cause inflammation in the brain. And just a single high-fat meal could have the same effect. More »
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Young people are now free to pursue a higher education without suffering from the crippling fear that they might gain a little weight. Researchers have proven that most college students don't gain the "Freshmen 15" — and that Seventeen is not your cool older sister. The magazine is more like the obnoxious older sister who declares "a moment on the lips, forever on the hips!" while you're trying to enjoy a doughnut in peace. More »
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The Office star Jenna Fischer is Redbook's March 2011 coverlady. In inside, Fischer zeroes in on why actresses feel so much pressure to stay in shape. More »
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Research on monkeys found birth control pills don't cause weight gain and may even help heavier women lose weight. As for why the myth persists, scientists say women may be blaming the pill for weight gain that occurs with age. More »
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The model-turned-actress tells Self magazine that her father staged an intervention of sorts. More »
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In 2007, French model Isabelle Caro famously posed for an anti-anorexia billboard plastered in Milan during fashion week. Today, various media outlets are reporting that Caro has died. More »
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Our favorite lady-baiting UK tab has some charming insight for you this Christmas week: Men dump fatties. Any questions? More »
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When Kathy Griffin hosted VH1's Divas Salute the Troops over the weekend, she joked that Bristol Palin had gained so much weight during Dancing With The Stars that she'd become the "white Precious." More »
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Kelly Osbourne is on the December issue of Shape (for some reason, she's not standing thigh-deep in water, like most of the mag's cover models), and she tells the magazine that negative commentary in the press really affected her. More »
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Sixteen-year-old Meagan Blanchette lost 60 pounds — and kept it off for two years. That's why she's among the first teens included in the Adolescent Weight Control Registry. That's right — a national registry, for teens who lose weight. More »
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Two new studies show underlying biological differences between obese people and thinner folks — obesity may be linked to a gene that affects appetite, and, more surprisingly, to a person's sense of smell. More »
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Amitai Etzioni is not a doctor. He's a a sociologist and professor of international relations at George Washington University, the author several books, and used to teach at Columbia and Harvard. But he has some pretty interesting opinions about dieting. More »
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A few days before Maura Kelly, a blogger for Marie Claire, published a piece called "Should Fatties Get A Room?" we received an email asking why this site "glorifies" obesity. More »
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In the November issue of Health, Hilary Duff reportedly regrets being too skinny as a teenager. "I don't think I was happy then," she admits, joining a small but growing group of celebs who go public with their body acceptance. More »
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Monday, news broke that ABC Family had canceled groundbreaking series Huge. Tuesday, we started a petition to save Huge. Wednesday, Huge star Nikki Blonsky contacted us, offering her sincere thanks. Last night we asked some questions. More »
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Today in fat news: New evidence shows that babies can be prenatally "programmed" to become overweight children. And those kids are more likely to be fat grownups. More »
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Three years after noted "Fat-O-Sphere" writer Kate Harding posted a slideshow illustrating how ridiculous the BMI standards are, the NY Times agrees: the body mass index is unreliable. More »
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I used to be really, really thin. People were always telling me I was so thin. Like a compliment. And I brushed it off and even pretended to be a little offended, because "thin" shouldn't mean "pretty." More »
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More evidence that Frenchwomen's vaunted thinness isn't entirely due to portion control and joie de vivre: les femmes françaises are apparently reluctant to quit smoking for fear of gaining weight. More »
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When we first heard about Huge — the ABC Family show set at a fat camp — we were intrigued. Camp! Non-skinny actresses getting work! Body image issues! Now, in a new interview, star Nikki Blonsky keeps us interested: More »
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when asked, "Is obesity about emotional trauma, bad genes or poor habits?" She also admits that once in a while she will have "a glass of wine and ice cream for dinner. It's been known to happen. Rarely! Rarely!" [Time] More »
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According to a new study, lab rats fed on high-fat food (like cheesecake) exhibit brain changes that resemble addiction. So is a fatty diet addictive in humans? And is such addiction responsible for obesity? More »
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Last night's episode of Jessica Simpson's show took place in Paris. She met Rosemary, a model who's been working since the age of 13, and Isabelle Caro, the anorexic model who graced billboards during Milan's 2007 fashion week. More »
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Deep thought: We do not ever want to think of weight gained at the beginning of a relationship as "the boyfriend layer," but thanks anyway, Lauren Conrad. [People] More »
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Time magazine's new cover story is titled "Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin." Eric Ravussin, an exercise researcher from Louisiana State University who studies diabetes and metabolism actually says: "In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless." Pardon?!?!?! More »
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There's a third installment of the Bridget Jones series in the works, which means two things: First, Renée Zellweger will once again "pack on the pounds" to play the full-figured singleton. But also: More »
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Last night Maya Rudolph, who is four months pregnant, appeared on the the Late Show to promote her new movie. She didn't seem amused by Dave's fixation on how big she'll get during her pregnancy. More »
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Seriously obese people may lose ten years off their life and moderately obese people may lose three according to the largest study ever conducted on how obesity affects mortality. More »
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New research shows that women taking the birth control shot known as DMPA gained an average of 11 pounds over three years, but once they switched to nonhormonal contraception they began to lose the weight. More »
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A publicist working for a weight loss company contacted us to see if we wanted to join in on fat shaming the following five celebrities. More »
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Holiday weight gain may be mostly a myth, but holiday stories about weight gain are oh-so-real. Today, even a little excess weight will kill you, but you have your city planner to blame. More »
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As most Americans know by now, Oprah Winfrey has announced that she's "fallen off the wagon" and now weighs 200 lbs. More »
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Dear J. Love, Can I call you J. Love? I'm going to call you that anyway, which is ironic, because what I feel for you right now is far from love. This morning, I got a nice little press release from Us pimping this week's cover story, "Jennifer Love Hewitt: 18 Lbs In Ten Weeks!" I don't care that you lost weight — what you do with your figure is your business, and I can't imagine that the backlash after Badonkgate was easy on the ol' self-esteem. No, I'm mad at you for promoting your weight loss, especially since when people were criticizing you for having a less than "ideal" figure, you were all, my weight is nobody's business but my own! More »
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Two new studies have just been released which shed light on some social and cultural causes for teen eating patterns. The first shows that teenage girls who thought of themselves as unpopular gained more weight over two years than teens who considered themselves well-liked. According to the Associated Press, "Those who rated themselves low in popularity were 69 percent more likely than other girls to increase their body mass index by two units, the equivalent of gaining about 11 excess pounds." Girls who considered themselves in the upper echelon socially only gained 6.5 pounds. Clea McNeely of the Johns Hopkins school of public health tells the AP, "[This study] has broader implications beyond weight gain...subjective social status is not just an uncomfortable experience you grow out of, but can have important health consequences." Tina Fey noted this unfortunate phenomenon when she wrote in Mean Girls, quote : "I don't hate you 'cause you're fat, you're fat because I hate you." More »
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A study released on Monday by the Obesity Society, a group of weight-loss scientists and professionals, claims that newly married men and women gain 6 to 9 more pounds than peers who are single and dating, reports USA Today. (Young adults gain "a significant" amount of weight no matter what — in their late teens and early twenties, men and women add an average of 15 to 30 pounds.) Penny Gordon-Larsen, assistant professor of nutrition in the school of public health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill followed almost 8,000 people, ages 12 to 28, for five years — and a subsample of 1,200 couples. She and her colleagues found that single women in their teens and early 20s gained an average of 15 pounds over five years; their male counterparts added about 24 pounds. Newly married women in that age group, however, gained 24 pounds over five years and the men gained 30. Says Ms. Gordon-Larsen: "When people are dating, there may be more incentive to be thin." Yeah, you think? More »
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• Catherine Zeta Jones is not alone! More than one in ten pregnant women smoke, reports the AP (via MSNBC), and research suggests that many of those women suffer from depression, making quitting even more difficult. A Columbia University epidemiologist, tracked more than 1,500 pregnant women, and "22 percent smoked at some point during pregnancy" with about 12 percent classified as nicotine-dependent. [MSNBC]

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Our boyfriend laughs - in a vaguely uncomfortable sort of way - whenever we snuggle up to his chest and inhale deeply near his underarms. But what can we say? Male sweat: it's what's for dinner. More »
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