With today’s body-positivity movement, we can look back in shock and awe, wondering how we ever thought anything bigger than a size 10 was scandalous.
As we age, there’s little we can do about the unwanted morphing of our bodies – or so we thought. Now that double chin is in the firing line.
The good old skinny vs fat debate that never settles is seeing some more airtime at the moment with this American label giving Victoria’s Secret a poke.
Obesity is sneaking its way into South African lives at an alarming rate. If we don’t do something now this may be our biggest health crisis of all.
Whilst pictures of Victoria’s Secret Angels make me go for a run and eat a salad for dinner, so does the concept of not being able to fit into an airplane seat… Imagine not being able to fit into an airplane seat?
Erin McKelle discusses society’s bizarre distaste for “fat girls”, and offers some advice on how to get over it.
It really does take all sorts to make up the colourful world we live in and it is definitely true that body shaming is a big issue for both men and women. The answer this woman found? Pole dancing… like you have never seen or imagined it.
Read this before you have that extra portion of onion rings for dinner tonight….
Health professionals are getting increasingly more concerned about the content of sugar in everyday food and drink products.
With so many potential toxins in our food, how are we supposed to know if what we are eating is safe for us? It’s a major problem, especially for people who suffer from food allergies. However, a revolutionary new piece of tech might solve this troublesome dilemma.
From security guard, to dodgy taxi boss, to even dodgier mine boss – Khulubuse Zuma’s weight has exploded upwards recently. Nouveau riche, and all that. The connection isn’t very subtle – in large parts of South Africa, the way we choose to display wealth is by being overweight. Body fat is our bling.
Paul Mason, once the most grossly obese man on the planet, wants to sue Britain’s National Health Service for “letting him grow”. At one stage Mason weighed in at very nearly 410 Kg, but after gastric-bypass surgery the virtually waif-like Mason now weighs 235 Kg.