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Displaying all articles tagged:
Weight
health
Mar. 14, 2024
The Ozempic Pushers
Some fat patients say doctors are pressuring them to take the miracle drug instead of listening to their immediate health concerns.
By
Angelina Chapin
health
Dec. 15, 2023
WeightWatchers Is Now Prescribing Ozempic
For a fee, people will have access to clinicians who can prescribe weight-loss drugs.
By
Tariro Mzezewa
celebrity
Apr. 13, 2023
Ariana Grande Would Like Everyone to Stop Talking About Her Weight
Bella Hadid showed support for the singer and urged fans not to comment on people’s appearances.
By
Tariro Mzezewa
first person
Apr. 7, 2023
I Woke Up Skinny One Day
In our thin-obsessed culture, that may sound like a dream. It’s been a nightmare.
By
Annaliese Griffin
body image
May 26, 2021
How I Stopped Saying Horrible Things to Myself
If you want to love your body, you have to stop insulting it.
By
Katie Sturino
science of us
Mar. 18, 2019
Are Calories Pointless?
Fish calories are different than donut calories, and now maybe someone will explain why.
By
Edith Zimmerman
Aug. 11, 2017
The Pill Causing Weight Gain Is the Myth That Won’t Go Away
Why so many still believe birth control is to blame for those extra pounds.
By
Stephanie Bucklin
modest proposals
Mar. 1, 2017
Forget Body Positivity: How About Body Neutrality?
Self-love can be a lot to ask.
By
Marisa Meltzer
weighty matters
Oct. 14, 2016
It May Be Legal to Seat Airplane Passengers by Size, But It’s Still Cruel
Hawaiian Airlines isn’t weighing people, but size does factor into its new policy.
By
Susan Rinkunas
the truth hurts
Oct. 3, 2016
This Is the Skinniest You’ll Be All Year, According to Rude Study
A pox on all holiday parties.
By
Susan Rinkunas
July 20, 2016
What Everybody Says About Weight Training Might Be Wrong
It’s a “very liberating message.”
By
Drake Baer
size matters
July 8, 2016
Robyn Lawley on Why Plus Models Don’t Get Beauty Contracts
Curvy model Robyn Lawley explains how she’s been passed over for beauty jobs.
By
Kathleen Hou
May 11, 2016
Your Caftan-Ready Body Will Live Forever
Long live science.
By
Ashley Weatherford
obesity
May 6, 2016
What Your Body-Shape Trajectory Says About Your Health
It’s not just whether you’re an unhealthy weight at a given point, suggests a new study — it’s the trajectory you’re on.
By
Jesse Singal
health
Dec. 3, 2015
People Who Live Alone Tend to Be Thinner
So there’s that.
By
Jacoba Urist
social psychology
Jan. 21, 2015
Feeling Fat Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Normal-weight 16-year-olds who believed they were overweight were 40 percent more likely to become obese before they turned 30.
By
Melissa Dahl
health
Jan. 5, 2015
Nice Words Can Lead to Weight Loss
The power of encouragement.
By
Melissa Dahl
health
Jan. 5, 2015
You Should Probably Be Lifting Weights
Because it’s the time of year to think about such things.
By
Melissa Dahl
advice
Oct. 8, 2014
Ask Polly: Do I Have to Lose Weight to Find Love?
You are not looking for someone who loves you for the sum of your quantifiable qualities.
By
Heather Havrilesky
health
Sept. 22, 2014
Hide Your Cereal, and More Secrets From Skinny People’s Kitchens
It couldn’t hurt.
By
Melissa Dahl
health
July 30, 2014
Trouble Ahead for Girls Who Start Dieting Young
Dieting at a young age is linked to alcohol abuse and eating disorders later on.
By
Melissa Dahl
July 22, 2014
Parents Think Their Obese Kids Are Healthy
Even when they’ve enrolled them in an obesity clinic.
By
Jesse Singal
July 8, 2014
Rising Obesity May Be More About Exercise Than Diet
A new study finds that we’re eating the same number of calories that we did in the late 1980s, but that we’re exercising way less.
By
Jesse Singal
July 1, 2014
How You Selectively Misremember What You Ate
Our brains just really love unhealthy food.
By
Jesse Singal
June 3, 2014
Want to Lose Weight? Take a Digital Sabbatical
Leave the phone
and
the cannoli.
By
Jennifer Senior
science
May 30, 2014
Another Thing to Make You Fat: A Well-Lit Room
New research on light exposure and metabolism.
By
Maggie Lange
comic relief
May 23, 2014
When Fat Women Tell Fat Jokes
Making weight something more than an easy punch line.
By
Ann Friedman
married life
Jan. 16, 2014
Study: Men Let Themselves Go After Marriage
The chubby hubby persists.
By
Maggie Lange
the whole truth
Nov. 6, 2013
What No One Tells You About Losing Lots of Weight
You still won’t like the way you look naked.
By
Alexandria Symonds
body talk
Oct. 25, 2013
Wearing a Size 2 Does Not Make You Happy
But being a size 12 does.
By
Allison P. Davis
just butts
Aug. 14, 2013
Gwyneth Paltrow’s So-Called ‘Long Butt’: What?
Tracy Anderson describes her client’s “outer thigh problems.”
By
Charlotte Cowles
quotables
May 22, 2013
Zoe Saldana Confused About Her
Allure
Cover Backlash
“It almost felt like you were just looking for a reason to just be upset.”
By
Julie Ma