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For years, Richard Simmons has made people earn their dreams the hard way. Now he can't give them away.
By Matt Himes
December 1, 1999
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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
November 17, 1999
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The Fat Guy munches on doughnuts while figuring out whether he is fat or obese.
By Steven A. Shaw
November 10, 1999
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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.
Letters to the Editor
November 10, 1999
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American kids are too fat and their parents are too wimpy. No one wants heavy kids to feel a burden, but is pudgy healthy?
By Anneli Rufus
November 3, 1999
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If I ate less, I'd lose weight. But I don't, because I love food.
By Steven A. Shaw
October 15, 1999
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Don't give up gay pride to get gay equality; why is Cintra bitter about Clapton auction?
Letters to the Editor
July 8, 1999
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The diet pill Xenical reduces fat absorption, but may cause unpleasant side effects.
By Sharon Lerner
June 30, 1999
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A new member of the big, comfy underpants set ponders why women are
ostracized for 'letting themselves go.
By Anne Lamott
March 4, 1999
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Can a fat teenager find happiness? Cherie Bennett, author of the young adult novel "Life In the Fat Lane," talks about binge-and-barf clubs, Madeleine Albright's thighs
and why well-meaning mothers often make things worse.
By Leora Tanenbaum
March 11, 1998
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Is Christina Corrigan's mother on trial for neglect -- or for having an obese child?
By Lori Leibovich
September 22, 1997
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Is Christina Corrigan's mother on trial for neglect -- or for having an obese child?
By Lori Leibovich
September 22, 1997
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Stop the insanity, get out of the zone. And don't under any circumstances tell yourself it's ok to be obese.
By Lori Leibovich
September 12, 1997
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