CNN: Is fat acceptance bad for our health?
	Is the fat acceptance movement bad for our health? By Tammy Worth STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Many groups champion a new definition of beauty, one not dictated by waist size * Expert opinion: Being overweight is bad for your health, particularly for your heart * Some research suggests that some people can be overweight and healthy... more » By natalie  - 6:53am - 4 new of 4 messages

	Happy New Year!
	Robin King is still dead. By Fritz Wuehler  - 5:28am - 1 new of 1 message

	Fat Chicks Stampede for Nevada! Male prostitution is Nevada's newest legal profession
	[link] jan06,0,7495471.story?track=rs s After months of debate in the state's surprisingly squeamish brothel community, Nye County officials agree to let Shady Lady Ranch near Death Valley hire men. Reporting from Tonopah, Nev. - Brothel owner Bobbi Davis got the... more » By Delmore Suetweig  - Jan 6 - 3 new of 3 messages

	Obese lesbian now faces vehicular manslaughter in Alviso killing
	[link] A Sunnyvale woman who was originally booked on a murder charge for allegedly running over her former girlfriend in Alviso last week now faces a lesser charge of vehicular manslaughter instead. Jennifer Bautista, 19, appeared shackled in a San Jose courtroom Monday,... more » By Leroy N. Soetoro  - Jan 5 - 5 new of 5 messages

How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Adult Obesity

How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Adult Obesity By MAIA SZALAVITZ – Tue Jan 5, 4:20 am ET Dr. Vincent Felitti, founder of Kaiser Permanente's Department of Preventive Medicine and director of its obesity-treatment program, was seeing some good results. His patients were losing 50, 80, even hundreds of pounds. And he might even have considered the program a... more » By The Mongolian Death Worm  - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

	Overweight, obesity up CV risk regardless of metabolic markers in long-term study
	Overweight, obesity up CV risk regardless of metabolic markers in long- term study JANUARY 5, 2010 | Michael O'Riordan Uppsala, Sweden - Middle-aged men with the metabolic syndrome are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death regardless of their body-mass index (BMI), new research shows [1]. On the flip side... more » By The Mongolian Death Worm  - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

Obesity poses as great a threat as smoking

Obesity poses as great a threat as smoking Published: Jan. 5, 2010 at 4:47 PM NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Obesity has become an equal, if not greater, contributor to illness and a shortened life as smoking, U.S. researchers found. Haomiao Jia and Dr. Erica I. Lubetkin of Columbia University and The City College of New York calculated that the quality adjusted life... more » By The Mongolian Death Worm  - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

A burger or fried chicken with a side of diabetes?

A burger or fried chicken with a side of diabetes? Reuters Health Tuesday, December 29, 2009 By Joene Hendry NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Avoiding "fast food" burgers and fried chicken may cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes -- the kind closely linked to obesity, new research hints. Regularly eating "super sized" portions of high calorie fast foods is... more » By The Mongolian Death Worm  - Jan 5 - 1 new of 1 message

	Let's go hogging!
	[link] [link]) Hogging refers to the practice of groups of men who target overweight or obese women, typically for sexual encounters. Unlike fat fetishists, men who participate in hogging are not necessarily... more » By Bob Ziplock  - Jan 5 - 5 new of 5 messages

	Fat Chicks Make the World Go Round
	[link] You wake up in a daze on a Saturday or Sunday morning from tidal-like movements of something next to you on your mattress. While being thrown up and down like a baby by its white-trash parents, you look beside you, squinting through the morning sun beating a hole in your head. All you can... more » By Delmore Suetweig  - Jan 5 - 5 new of 5 messages