Funny memes were born this week when Mexican government officials — to the extent that Mexico has those — claimed to discover the fully intact remains of miniature humanoids of unearthly origin. It was ridiculous in that the figures were a mix between “Ripley’s Believe It Or […]

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Bill Maher and Joe Rogan slammed the latest weight-loss craze to sweep a desperately obese nation as a vehicle for Wall Street profits over metabolic health. “We have given up on the idea that obesity is something that can be contained by exercise and diet,” […]

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International author Erin Zhurkin has published a new novel, Plus-Size in Paris, inspired by the body positivity movement to promote an idealistic image of “health at every size.” The heroine, Abby Allerton, is a young, “plus-sized” social media influencer who lives a double life online […]

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A sip from the tap might not kill you today, but it might over 30 years. A new federal study out Wednesday found nearly half of all U.S. tap water is contaminated with PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals.” PFAS are a group of synthetic […]

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More than 97 percent of American adults have at least one risk factor for an early death, according to new research from Canada’s York University. In June, researchers published an analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to assess mortality risk […]

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BEING overweight or obese puts you at risk of five more cancers than previously thought, a “pioneering” study shows. People who are too heavy from age 18 to 40 are more likely to get 18 different types of the deadly disease, World Health Organization researchers […]

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Lizzo threatened to quit her monumental musical career this week, citing online comments critical of her weight. On Wednesday, the celebrity icon of the pro-fat movement locked her Twitter account and published a series of tweets complaining about online commentators who highlight Lizzo’s brand as […]

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Your favorite coffee shop pastry might be making you dumb. A new study out of France this month linked consumption of refined carbohydrates with lower cognitive function. In their paper published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, French researchers studied the relationship between carb […]

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[embedded content] There’s this weird sentiment I keep seeing where critics and activists alike argue video game characters, especially female ones, are unrealistic looking and that it’s causing great anxiety amongst the player base that doesn’t see itself reflected in the virtual world. As an example […]

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For Baby Boomers, this famous quote, attributed to Joan Collins, humorously captures a change many of them have observed in American society during their lifetimes: “Grandmother used to take my mother to the circus to see the fat lady and the tattooed man — now […]

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A new study out this month reveals obesity is far more dangerous than previously reported. According to a new paper published in the journal Population Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder, people who are obese or carry excess weight face a risk of death […]

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Your cereal could be killing you. A new study out of England published Tuesday links ultra-processed foods with heightened risk for developing and dying from cancer. Researchers at London’s Imperial School of Public Health collected diet data for nearly 200,000 middle-aged adults and monitored their […]

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A guest columnist published an op-ed in The New York Times on Thursday about how the new American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines on treating childhood obesity have left her terrified. And she should be terrified. The comprehensive overhaul of recommendations for treating kids with obesity […]

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No one wants to live like Charlie in “The Whale.” No one who genuinely cares about their neighbors should want anybody to live like its character Charlie, an obese English professor who’s resigned himself to the dark four corners of his apartment as an early […]

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Big Pharma is ready to cash in on the latest cash crop in American health care: childhood obesity. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published new guidelines on tackling childhood obesity Monday, and they recommend a cocktail of pills and surgeries as long-term remedies for […]

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Ulta Beauty is getting on board with the pro-fat movement. In September, the women’s cosmetics company inaugurated its “Beauty Of…” podcast with a half-hour interview featuring Virgie Tovar, an author and activist who promotes the pro-fat movement under the guise of “body positivity.” The “Beauty […]

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If you are what you eat, then the average person is a doughy mess. Today, more than 1 billion people worldwide are obese. In the U.S., one in three adults is obese. That’s about 66 million people. By 2030, that number will be close to […]

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Kanye West railed against the pro-fat movement, which is afflicting black Americans at a higher rate than any other group, Thursday night in a prime-time interview with Tucker Carlson. In their wide-ranging discussion, West, a rapper and a rising icon in the fashion industry who […]

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