Can TV stop treating fat people like jokes?
Posted on July 13, 2010, at 1:12 PMNew scripted television shows like "Huge" and "Mike and Molly" attempt to portray overweight people as actual humans, but critics are split on their efforts
Our fat nation: By the numbers
Posted on July 1, 2010, at 7:00 AMA new study shows that obesity rates continue to rise despite a government commitment to attack the problem
The FDA's new 'nanny state' rules on salty foods
Posted on April 21, 2010, at 11:57 AMAmericans eat three times more sodium than they should. So the FDA has decided it's time to regulate the amount of salt in your potato chips
How Tim Russert saved my life
Posted on April 14, 2010, at 1:47 PMThe "Meet The Press" host's premature death prompted Atlantic columnist Marc Ambinder to take extreme measures to slim down
Do 'Happy Meals' toys make kids fat?
Posted on March 24, 2010, at 2:03 PMA Silicon Valley county wants to ban the plastic trinkets in fast-food kids' meals — claiming the toys seduce children into gluttony
'World's fattest woman': Should she be stopped?
Posted on March 17, 2010, at 2:38 PMA New Jersey mom eats 12,000 calories a day in a bid to push her weight to a world-record 1,000 pounds. But is her quest abusive toward her 3-year old daughter?
Michelle Obama's war on obesity
Posted on February 10, 2010, at 7:17 AMObama's "Let's Move" campaign addresses a real problem, but should government tell parents how to raise their kids?
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