Obesity

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We are what we eat
"The Omnivore's Dilemma" author Michael Pollan on how Wall Street has driven America's obesity epidemic, the misleading labels in Whole Foods, and why we should spend more money on food.
It's a McWorld after all
A writer and a photographer visit 30 families around the world to show us what the world eats -- and how industrial food is creeping into every corner of the globe.
A dance contest for the obesity era
Teens compete to log the most steps on a pedometer.
Tyra Banks plays obese
The supermodel dons a fat suit.
Boogie Woogie Elmo and the junkyard future
What happens when you match 3D printers with free computing power? Chapter 2 of "Themepunks."
Let them eat cake -- sometimes
Not everyone believes that fat kids should greatly restrict calories to slim down, or even that it's healthy for them to try.
Gut check
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?
The biggest loser
I joined Jenny Craig to do research for my novel. Instead I came face to face with all of my prejudices against the obese.
Do today's kids have "nature-deficit disorder"?
A new book argues that children desperately need to be able to play in the woods -- and that our culture's sterile rejection of nature is harming them in body and soul.
Getting religion about health
Mike Huckabee, Arkansas' newly skinny governor, weighs in on the humilation of being fat, why government shouldn't police our grease, and whether he's planning to diet his way to the White House.
Growing up too fat
Twenty percent of American children are overweight. An expert offers advice on how to talk to your kids about their weight, why diets don't work and what society needs to do.
Letters
"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
Living large
Clothing company Torrid makes cool clothes for overweight teens. Its bodacious bras and extra-large camisoles help salvage fat kids' self-esteem. But do they also encourage obesity?
The fat lady sings and the Gipper passes on
What Table Talkers are saying this week about American optimism and the "sin" of obesity.
Teenage Waist-land
An increasing number of obese teens are opting to undergo stomach staplings. Are they trading one type of hell for another?
Luring preteens with red meat
A Web site produced for girls by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association solves self-esteem problems with heaps of ground round.
"Fat Land" by Greg Critser
In America, fat and poor go together. A new book looks at why.
Can we sue our own fat asses off?
Flush from their victory against Big Tobacco, activists are now gunning for the purveyors of junk food.
Segway's assault on walking
Dean Kamen's much-hyped superscooter is a slothful step in the wrong direction.
Better dead than fat
The pharmaceutical industry hooked millions on the dangerous diet drug fen-phen by manufacturing demand and ignoring warnings, says a new book.
Germ theory of obesity gains weight
An Indian researcher believes a virus may be responsible for obesity -- and he's not as crazy as he sounds.
Chunky Chinese
A growing number of spoiled only children are obese, and may face diminished future sex lives because of it.
What dreams may bomb
For years, Richard Simmons has made people earn their dreams the hard way. Now he can't give them away.
Letters to the Editor
Will the free market reward art and education? Plus: Gauging "the Philadelphia effect"; Americans are fat because we're lazy and eat bad food.
Letters to the Editor
Is it better to be food-obsessed than fat and happy? Plus: Trolling for errors in "Dutch"; hip-hop merits not less scrutiny, but greater intellectual rigor.
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