I am a women of size, Rubenesque, queen sized, fat. It is still acceptable to pick on a fat person. We larger people seem to be fair game in a seemingly politically correct society. Good manners and... Read more >>

Obesity is blamed on many things related to our physical health: food cravings, metabolism rate, thyroid issues, lack of exercise, binge eating, etc. Yet examining obesity from a psychological... Read more >>

Michelle Obama is bringing the issue of fit vs. fat to center stage with her new campaign against obesity. Will you be changing your eating habits in your house? For the first time in decades, the... Read more >>

I am almost one year out (August 17, 2009) from having surgery. I had tried almost everything to lose weight. Nothing was working to help me. In essence, I was well on my way to having a heart attack,... Read more >>

The month is June; two more and I will have been post-op one year from having weight-loss surgery. I chose the surgery to lose weight because nothing else worked for me. My weight last August was... Read more >>

Obesity has always been touted as one of the biggest controllable risk factors for heart disease and diabetes. While that’s still true, researchers are discovering that a small portion of obese... Read more >>

Losing weight is one of the most difficult endeavors, and one of the most isolating. Who wants to be the drip ordering a salad when everyone’s going out for pizza, or passing up dessert when... Read more >>

I was at a park. And I look over to see a child—around the age of ten or eleven—running. She is trying to keep up with the other children who are playing. I watch the effort and strain on... Read more >>

Have you ever noticed that most “successful” weight loss stories start out just about the same way? The poor fat person either wakes up one day and has a lightbulb moment and says,... Read more >>

It’s my suspicion that the controversy about President Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General may have been instigated by Jenny Craig with the hope of attracting Dr. Benjamin to become a... Read more >>