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4/8/21

The Weight

More than 20 years later, I can still remember my grandmother handing me the silver diet book with the cartoon cover…

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Trial Begins Over Deadly French Weight-Loss Drug

A trial for “manslaughter and deceit” has opened in France, over a weight-loss drug that killed as many as 2,000…

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The New York Times Has Some Very Arcane Tips On How to Get Your Fat Ass Into a Wedding Dress

When it comes to all the questionable material the New York Times has published this week, an article about workouts…

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Marianne Williamson Has Some Interesting Positions on Health

Marianne Williamson was the ultimate meme fodder after night two of the Democratic debates, her new age-y ethos and…

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Weight Watchers Is Pivoting to Wellness

Weight Watchers has officially shortened its name to WW in an attempt to rebrand as a proprietor of wellness, not…

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Naturally, A Woman's Dead Father Helps Her Lose Weight (via the Hollywood Medium)

In a crass bit of crossover E! programming, giddy ghoul Tyler Henry (of Hollywood Medium and noted author) stopped…

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Khloe Kardashian Does Not Care About Your Weight-Loss Journey

E!’s new series Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian is based on the idea that if someone wrongs you, you can get back…

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Study: Former Biggest Loser Contestants' Metabolisms Are Wrecked, Leading to Weight Gain

At the end of every season of The Biggest Loser, there is an unspoken, collective bracing by the contestants and the…

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Weight Watchers App Goes Glitchy Over Thanksgiving, Infuriates Users

One might argue that Thanksgiving—a notorious day of gluttony—would not be the ideal time for Weight Watchers to…

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Shonda Rhimes Says Wanting to Lose Weight Made Her Feel 'Shallow and Misogynistic'

In an interview with Nightline that airs tonight, Shonda Rhimes explains how worrying about her weight made her feel…

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Former Yo-Yo Dieter Oprah Winfrey Bought a Piece of Weight Watchers

Weight Watchers has gotten a new backer who happens to be one of the biggest media names in the world: Oprah…

Hillary Crosley Coker

10/19/15 3:10PM

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9/25/15

Teen Contracts Hepatitis After Trying to Lose Weight With Green Tea

Here’s something to think about next time you get one of those “miracle green tea” emails in your inbox: doctors…

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Some Dietary Supplements Found to Contain 'Amphetamine-Like' Compound

Another day, another reminder that you can’t always trust what’s on the side of a pill bottle, and just because it…

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The Chive Is Sorry for Using Anorexic Woman's Pic in Weight Loss Post

The Chive, who yesterday used a photo of a woman in the depths of anorexia for a post on "amazing" weight loss…

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Site Uses Pic of Woman with Anorexia in 'Amazing' Weight Loss Post

The Chive is the internet's home for all things "awesome" and "mind-blowing," a sort of Total Frat Move/BuzzFeed…

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Duh: Dr. Oz's Magic Diet Pills Don't Work

I don't want to alarm anyone, but the medical advice dispensed from Dr. Oz miiiiight not be totally valid. It's no…

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Our Dumbest Diets: An Anonymous Jezebel Retrospective

It's January 2015—time to leave that holiday trend called "eating" behind and starve your tender, fragile bodies…

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Excuse Me Sirs, Women Are Just as Good at Boozing and Binge-Watching

We've barely staggered through the first round of company Christmas parties and already we're getting slammed with…

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Rich People Work Out to Lose Weight, Poor People Take Diet Pills

The relationship between poverty and weight is a vital yet often downplayed aspect of the "obesity epidemic." Poor…

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The Truth Is Out: You Will Never Have a 'Celebrity Body'

The fitness and tabloid industries make tons and tons of dough off the idea that if you can just find the right…

Lindy West

8/07/14 4:20PM

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