One editorial in last week’s New York Times has started a significant debate about women of colour and their relationship with their bodies. Alice Randall wrote that many black women are fat because “we want to be.” That is why, she explains, “four out of five black women are seriously overweight” and “one out of four ...
Having a good relationship with your mom may benefit more than your emotional health. Bonding with your mom could actually keep you thin, according to a new study. After tracking 977 children, researchers found that toddlers who lacked strong emotional bonds with their mothers were twice as likely to become obese by the age of ...
We all know about America’s weight problem. But a new study shows that US men and women are now about 20 pounds heavier than they were two decades ago. They are also farther away from their “ideal weight.” Most sources covering this study look at it from a health angle. Yes, weight gain is unhealthy, ...
No one will sleep with me if I’m fat. I’m sure that’s correct, because I’ve rarely seen a fat person engaged in an act of passion on a dating website advertisement. Or anywhere. Ah, but it isn’t true. According to expert advice, confidence counts for much more than perfection. In a clear reminder that men ...
Doctors are discussing whether fat women deserve to have babies. Specifically, they are deciding whether obese patients should have access to fertility treatments. “Get off your 50 pounds or so and exercise and then see where your fertility is at,” said Beverly Hanck, executive director of the Infertility Awareness Association of Canada. Obese women, even if ...
Nearly every night on the news, there’s some new study about what makes us fat. Obesity is an epidemic and nobody is immune. So what do you do? You get a gym membership, start running, try the new diet Pippa’s on, or you apply to be on The Biggest Loser. You start doing whatever it ...
Along with, “Boxers or briefs?” men are always asked the question, “Are you a boob guy or a bum guy?” For once, this question has been put to women. American and UK women were asked what their favourite body part is in a recent report. The “Summer Confidence” study polled 5,000 women from the US ...
One in twenty women will experience menopause before the age of 40, a new study has found. This early menopause can threaten more than your sex drive and mood swings. Risks include heart attack, stroke and bone disease, but researchers have been unable to explain the cause. This research, done by the Imperial College London, ...
We want the best for our children, that’s a given, and it starts with the best health possible. We know how to provide that when a child is born, but what if we could start when they’re in the womb? Fetal programming is a term for using medication to change the environment in the uterus in order ...
Thought the doctor’s surgery was somewhere you could be yourself and seek help, free from judgment? Think again. A Yale University study reveals health care professionals, including doctors, nurses and dieticians, routinely stereotype their heavy patients. Not only do they stereotype by assuming unrelated health concerns are due to people’s weight, they also make judgments ...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
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Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
