NPR Hypes Doctors Who Downplay Obesity Risks To Spare Patients’ Feelings

Obese patients are mad when doctors give them 'unsolicited advice' to lose weight — but that's precisely what good physicians are supposed to do.

Under The Weight Of Southwest’s ‘Fatties Fly Free’ Policy, Normal People Will Pay More

There's nothing I hate more than waking up from a 40,000-foot nap to find my seatmate's sprawling caboose taking up half the seat I paid for. But that's just it: I paid for it.

New Study Finds That Obesity Raises Risk Of Early Death By 90 Percent

After adjusting for biases in BMI, Masters found people carrying excess weight had far worse mortality outcomes than previously known.

For The Sake Of Our Health, Keep The ‘Body Positivity’ Movement Away From ‘The Whale’

No one who genuinely cares about their neighbors should want anybody to live like Charlie in 'The Whale.'

70 Percent Of American Adults Are Now Overweight, A New High

The American public wasn't healthy going into the coronavirus pandemic, and it's not getting any healthier during lockdown.