Well, it is. And it's OK to say it, because after decades of agonizing over my weight, I've finally realized that the F-word isn't dirty.
By Kate Harding Jan 24, 2009
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Salon cartoonist Carol Lay discusses the world's first diet-book graphic memoir and why the best approach to weight loss is the least sensational.
By Judy Berman
January 22, 2009
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No, it's not fat-positive just 'cause the point of the game is to rescue her.
By Lynn Harris
July 23, 2008
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Thousands of diabetics control their weight by skipping insulin shots. It's easy, effective -- and potentially lethal.
By Ann Bauer
November 8, 2007
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Brian Wansink, of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, dishes about food self-delusion, holiday dieting, and how it might be the size of your plate -- not pie -- that's responsible for your paunch.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
November 28, 2006
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They may still be chic, but French women aren't so skinny anymore.
By Carol Lloyd
September 20, 2007
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In Mauritania, fat is in. And the government wants women to go on a diet.
By Catherine Price
April 17, 2007
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Face lifts, depressed babies, gay politicians and more!
By Carol Lloyd
November 9, 2006
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The host of a reality beauty pageant for the "Fabulous and Thick" says it's time for women to feel comfortable in their own skin.
By Lori Leibovich
July 9, 2006
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Forget abs of steel -- give me soft arms, wide hips and fleshy lips! For as long as I can remember, I've been turned on by fat women.
By Josh Max
June 22, 2006
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Study says that cohabitation leads to weight gain for women, but not for men.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 6, 2006
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Oxygen's Mo'Nique looks for larger-than-life beauty queens.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 3, 2006
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The supermodel dons a fat suit.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
November 3, 2005
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Not everyone believes that fat kids should greatly restrict calories to slim down, or even that it's healthy for them to try.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
September 18, 2005
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Wellspring, a camp for overweight teens, trains kids to have a "healthy obsession" with food and exercise. Sure, they shed pounds on the 1,200-calorie daily diet, but what happens when they get home?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
September 18, 2005
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"Why should wearing appropriate clothing be the privilege of only one body type?" Salon readers respond to Lynn Harris' article about fashion for plus-size teens
April 8, 2005
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In plain and poignant language, Judith Moore's new memoir, "Fat Girl," chronicles her youth as an obese child starved of love.
By Judith Moore
March 30, 2005
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After a lifetime of obsessing over her weight, the author of "The Fat Girl's Guide to Life" embarked on a mission to free women from their fear of fat.
By Corrie Pikul
May 3, 2004
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I'm not anorexic, I don't diet and I don't spend hours at the gym. I'm just naturally slim; deal with it.
By Tammie Hall
December 5, 2000
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My mother always told me I was fat. Then I realized that she was afraid she was.
By Anne Burt
December 5, 2000
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An Indian researcher believes a virus may be responsible for obesity -- and he's not as crazy as he sounds.
By Tabitha M. Powledge
September 19, 2000
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"It's about time"
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June 21, 2000
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The Gap turns toward American fashion for fuller figures.
By Emily Eakin
June 16, 2000
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A growing number of spoiled only children are obese, and may face diminished future sex lives because of it.
By Jack Boulware
April 10, 2000
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His doctor pleads with "King Momo" to lose weight.
By J.A. Getzlaff
February 11, 2000
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