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An update on our collective waistline: The Trust for America's Health has a new report out, with the blunt title "F as in Fat," and the news...
It's not just humans. Scientists say the animals that live around us are also putting on the pounds—rats, cats, and rhesus monkeys.
Painfully obvious? Yes. But Catherine Rampbell has a graph to back it up. It looks like there's a pretty real correlation between the time people...
A new study looks at how meat and potatoes affect your waistline in the long run.
Our esteemed colleagues over at Friends of Friends, the innovative music label we covered a few weeks ago, are throwing one heck of a launch party...
Less than two months after being initially discovered, the homeless man with the radio voice has been abandoned by his benefactors.
People don't want to buy nothing. And digital music is basically nothing. At least, that's how it can seem. However, a brilliant, new Los...
For all you health nuts/coffee drinkers, get this: frappuccinos, those delicious concoctions of frozen coffee goodness, have more fat than a...
Everyone knows you can't smoke in New York, and we recently discovered that New York is the safest city. It's also one of the best places to limit...
New York City is well on its way to banning trans-fat, because people seem to be too stupid to not make themselves fat by eating too much...
In 2006, Chicago became the first city in the United States to ban foie gras. Last May, the ban was overturned. Still, foie-the fatty liver of...
You may have heard last week that soda companies voluntarily removed their wares from schools. But that's just the beginning. Apparently, when...
In the UK, half the dogs and cats are overweight. So, if pet health bears any similarity to trends and music and fashion, half of New York pets...
Earlier today, Morning Joe featured a clip from Parks and Recreation, where kids in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana are "beefy, husky, big...
Was it strange reading that title? Because it was pretty weird writing it.New Zealander Pete Bethune's eco-boat, Earthrace, runs on biofuel made...
In case you missed it last week, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon was boasting of running his car on the fat he siphoned out of obese patients. Dr....
Two sociologists make a compelling case for eradicating fat stigma. Even with legal protection, it's going to be a formidable task.
In the battle between bonbons and tobacco, anti-obesity is the new anti-smoking, insofar as teens and public health campaigns are concerned. The...
Guess how big "king-sized" used to be?
A new study found that with people with higher BMIs are much likely to die within 10 years, as compared to people with lower ones.
