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CDC Finds Nation's Unhealthiest City

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and... more

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Supersized America - The bigger the better?

While we all think that Wall Street greed and the huge pay packets of “fat cat” speculators and bankers... more

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Fat parents could be paid to walk their children to school

Overweight parents could be paid to walk their children to school as part of a Government campaign to fight the obesity epidemic.

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Size does matter, bigger girls get more jiggy

According to a new research study which surveyed 7,000 women, those that are overweight get more action in the sack, proving that... more

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Fact vs fiction about the obesity virus ("infectobesity")

It never ceases to amaze me how the media is so quick to jump on any study that has the slightest ring of “sensational or... more

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Fat couple 'too heavy for plane to take off'

A pair of holidaymakers were hungry to discover that they would not be allowed to board their plane, because their combined bulk... more

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United Kingdom Talk Video Thursday 18th September 2008

Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats. In... more

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Police officers too fat for their cars

Some UK police officers are so overweight they can only transport a single suspect in their squad cars. Tests found some... more

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Ballooning Baby Weighs 4.5 Stone

The baby weighs 28kgs (nearly 62lbs) - that is the average weight of an eight-year-old in Colombia, where he was born. The... more

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All U.S. Adults Could Be Overweight In 40 Years

If the trends of the past three decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from... more

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Half of overweight adults may be heart-healthy

You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy. A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people _ about half _ have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity.

The first national estimate of its kind bolsters the argument that you can be hefty but still healthy, or at least healthier than has been believed.

The results also show that stereotypes about body size can be misleading, and that even "less voluptuous" people can have risk factors commonly associated with obesity, said study author MaryFran Sowers, a University of Michigan obesity researcher.

"We're really talking about taking a look with a very different lens" at weight and health risks, Sowers said.

In the study, about 51 percent of overweight adults, or roughly 36 million people nationwide, had mostly normal levels of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood fats called triglycerides and blood sugar.

Almost one-third of obese adults, or nearly 20 million people, also were in this healthy range, meaning that none or only one of those measures was abnormal.

Yet about a fourth of adults in the recommended-weight range had unhealthy levels of at least two of these measures. That means some 16 million of them are at risk for heart problems.

It's no secret that thin people can develop heart-related problems and that fat people often do not. But that millions defy the stereotypes will come as a surprise to many people, Sowers said.

Even so, there's growing debate about the accuracy of the standard method of calculating whether someone is overweight. Health officials rely on the body mass index, a weight-height ratio that does not distinguish between fat and lean tissue. The limits of that method were highlighted a few years ago when it was reported that the system would put nearly half of NBA players in the overweight category.

A number of experts say waist size is a more accurate way of determining someone's health risks, and the study results support that argument.

You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise... more

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Half of overweight adults may be heart-healthy

You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy. A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people - about half - have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity.

The first national estimate of its kind bolsters the argument that you can be hefty but still healthy, or at least healthier than has been believed.

The results also show that stereotypes about body size can be misleading, and that even "less voluptuous" people can have risk factors commonly associated with obesity, said study author MaryFran Sowers, a University of Michigan obesity researcher.

"We're really talking about taking a look with a very different lens" at weight and health risks, Sowers said.

In the study, about 51 percent of overweight adults, or roughly 36 million people nationwide, had mostly normal levels of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood fats called triglycerides and blood sugar.

Almost one-third of obese adults, or nearly 20 million people, also were in this healthy range, meaning that none or only one of those measures was abnormal.

Yet about a fourth of adults in the recommended-weight range had unhealthy levels of at least two of these measures. That means some 16 million of them are at risk for heart problems.

It's no secret that thin people can develop heart-related problems and that fat people often do not. But that millions defy the stereotypes will come as a surprise to many people, Sowers said.

Even so, there's growing debate about the accuracy of the standard method of calculating whether someone is overweight. Health officials rely on the body mass index, a weight-height ratio that does not distinguish between fat and lean tissue. The limits of that method were highlighted a few years ago when it was reported that the system would put nearly half of NBA players in the overweight category.

A number of experts say waist size is a more accurate way of determining someone's health risks, and the study results support that argument.You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise... more

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3 months ago

France 'fat tax'

France is considering plans to impose a "fat tax" by more than trebling the VAT on junk food to tackle soaring obesity... more

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3 months ago

86% of American adults could be overweight by 2030

If the trends of the past three decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from... more

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3 months ago

AirAsia X aren't going to weigh passengers before flying

Reports have emerged that an Asian budget airline who were considering 'weighing passengers to calculate the overall weight... more

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4 months ago

Fighting obesity: What women need to do to lose weight

“You need to step it up, people,” said Jeannine Stein in the Los Angeles Times Health blog. A new study in the... more

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4 months ago

Worst Fitness Gimmicks of All Time

Millions of dollars wasted. Millions of pounds gained. Millions of false promises. Millions false hopes. Five Worthless... more

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4 months ago

United Kingdom Talk Thursday 24th July 2008

Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats. In... more

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4 months ago

Mississippi Remains Fattest State, CDC Reports

The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey. More than 30 percent... more

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4 months ago

Jessica Alba hates fat, loves banging on about it

Brilliant post from Heckler Spray on how 'Pregnancy Made Jessica Alba All Fat And Gross And Stuff'. I love them.

"While she was pregnant, Jessica Alba had quite the sideline in describing every single aspect of the pregnancy in excruciating detail.

Luckily, though, the recent birth of Jessica Alba’s baby means that all that has come to end. And, in its place, Jessica Alba has started to give retrospective descriptions of her pregnancy in magazine interviews instead.

Anyway, we’re judging unfairly because actually Jessica Alba is quite entertaining when she looks back on her pregnancy. Especially since the main thing she’s concerned about is how fat and bloated and unsexy her unborn daughter made her feel. Great, that means in 20 years we’ll be reading magazine interviews with the daughter about how Jessica Alba prenatally destroyed her sense of self worth. Thanks a lot, Alba.

Remove the sexiness from Jessica Alba and you’re not left with much - maybe a set of untrimmed eyebrows and a staggeringly bad filmography at best. It’d be like Stephen Colbert waking up one morning and realising he wasn’t funny, or Kanye West waking up and realising he could deal with criticism in a sensible, even-handed manner. It just doesn’t bear thinking about.

But, according to Jessica Alba herself, that’s what being pregnant did to her. Before she got pregnant, Jessica Alba was so sexy that she could send legions of teenage boys into month-long masturbatathons just by casually dropping the subject of recreational sex into an interview.

But then, as soon as she got pregnant, Jessica Alba’s sexiness level dropped immediately, with boys only being able to spend two or three weeks abusing themselves to a freeze-frame of Into The Blue at a time, no matter how often she tried to lure them back by only talking about her massive boobies all the time.

However, now Jessica Alba has given birth to her daughter Honor Marie Warren, none of that matters any more. Sure, she may have experienced some bloating during the pregnancy, but the most important thing is that her baby exists, and the unconditional love between mother and daughter will be the most important relationship she ever has with anyone for the rest of her life.

So chances are Jessica Alba doesn’t even care that the baby made her pack on a tiny amount of weight, right Cosmopolitan magazine?

“I never felt less sexy,” Jessica Alba says of her own pregnancy. “I mean, I wouldn’t have changed it for the world … but I wanted to get rid of all the weight.”

Oh little Honor Marie Warren, what a life you’ll have. From the first time you’ll be accompanied home from school by a social worker because of your kindergarten art project ‘This is mommy crying because she says I made her fat once’ to the therapy bills you’ll rack up because Jessica Alba will somehow find a way to blame the theatrical failure of The Love Guru on all the hormones you were thumping through her body during filming, you’ll have a gifted existence. A gifted existence indeed."

Brilliant post from Heckler Spray on how 'Pregnancy Made Jessica Alba All Fat And Gross And Stuff'. I love them. ... more