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Unnatural Sleep Schedules Can Make You Fat

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:40:05 CDT

Your alarm clock could be making you flabby, suggests new research. People who force themselves to maintain schedules that are different from their natural sleep routines are more likely to put on the pounds, reports LiveScience . Researchers collected data from more than 65,000 Europeans and found that for every...

Black Women: Fat Because We Want to Be

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:20:53 CDT

Most Americans need discipline in order to battle today's obesity epidemic—but in black America, "what we need is a body-culture revolution," writes Alice Randall in the New York Times . Even experts "don’t understand something crucial about black women and fat: many black women are fat because we want to...

Heart Attack Grill Strikes Again

Kevin Spak — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:00:41 CDT

You can't say they didn't warn her: A woman collapsed at the Heart Attack Grill this weekend, just two months after the last time someone had a heart attack at the cheerfully morbid Las Vegas eatery. The woman was whisked away by paramedics and her condition is currently unknown. Owner...

'Katniss' Fat Digs By Critics Are Toxic: Experts

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:56:41 CDT

Critics' attacks on actress Jennifer Lawrence for being too hefty to star in the Hunger Games are threatening to undo all the positives of having a strong female character in a megahit movie, say experts. The New York Times zinged the choice of Lawrence for the role because her "womanly...

Fatigue Can Make You Fat

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:47:05 CDT

You better be sleeping enough or you'll plump up, say scientists: Tiredness and sleep-deprivation may lead to snacking. A new study by the Mayo Clinic found that people who got less sleep than a normal night consumed hundreds more calories the next day compared to people who get a full...

High-Fat Diet Lowers Sperm Count

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:01:13 CDT

It's more bad news for fat. A new study shows men who eat large amounts of fatty foods, especially saturated fats common in meat and dairy products, had lower sperm production and concentration. A diet consisting of 37% or more of fat calories or just 13% or more of saturated...

Lagerfeld Sorry About Those Fat Comments

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:43 CST

For once, Karl Lagerfeld is actually apologizing for calling someone fat : His recent comments about Adele's physique were taken out of context, the fashion designer tells Metro in a statement. "I'd like to say to Adele that I am your biggest admirer," he continues, calling her his "favorite singer." "I...

Army Wants to Fight Obesity—With Fat Injections

Kevin Spak — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:23:05 CST

The Army thinks its troops are getting too fat, and it's hoping to solve that problem with science. In its latest round of small-business research awards, the Army has asked companies to find a way to slim down its soldiers by injecting them with fat. Confused? Well, as Wired explains,...

Bikinis Balloon for Expanding Girls From Ipanema

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:45:00 CST

Tall and tanned and young and lovely ... and packing on the pounds. The girl from Ipanema isn't quite so svelte any longer, and barely-there Brazilian bikinis are finally expanding with her increasing girth. A number of manufacturers are now peddling plus-size versions that are popping up on beaches. "It used...