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Christie to Corzine: 'Man Up and Say I’m Fat'

GOP candidate predicts he'll be a 'big fat winner'

Oct 29, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Christie slammed Jon Corzine’s for hinting at his weight in campaign ads and comments, saying the incumbent governor should “man up” and call him fat directly. Corzine has run ads showing Christie’s belly in slow-mo, and, when asked whether he thought his opponent was fat earlier... More »

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Jon Corzine • New Jersey • GOP • weight • overweight • election • Christopher Christie • Election 09 • election day November 2009

eye of the beholder

 Men Prefer 
 'Normal' Weight Women 

Pictures of faces give info about subjects' health, too

Oct 29, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrity culture and body image issues aside, women of “normal” weight are by far the most attractive to the opposite sex. College-age men asked to rate headshots of their counterparts judged women in the normal weight range more attractive. “This sends a strong message to all the girls... More »

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women's health • fat • weight • overweight • scientific study • underweight • thin • attractive

 Plus-Size Models Hurt Self-Esteem, Too

Sorry, Glamour: A model's size doesn't matter to an overweight woman

Oct 16, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Never mind the hoopla surrounding Glamour’s decision to grace its pages with plus-size models—looking at any model will damage an overweight woman’s self-esteem. Meanwhile, underweight women's self-esteem climbs no matter the size of the model they’re looking at, New York reports, citing... More »

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fashion • weight • body image • Glamour magazine • Jay-ZTV • women's issues • models • Lizzi Miller • magazines

 Glamour Goes 
 Plus-Size, 
 Nude Again 

Six full-figured models will join beloved Lizzi Miller in the buff

Sep 1, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Inspired by the outpouring of enthusiasm (and press, no doubt) over the appearance of plus-size model Lizzi Miller—pooch and all—in its September issue, Glamour will feature a bevy of nude plus-size models in a November spread, insiders tell the New York Post. Miller will be back,... More »

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entertainment • weight • model • body image • Glamour magazine • fashion industry • women's issues • models • Lizzi Miller

Need to Think Hard? Hold
a Big Clipboard

Holding heavy objects makes us bear down, study suggests

Aug 26, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Holding heavier objects could affect your thoughts and how you deal with problems. A University of Amsterdam researcher broke subjects into two groups, giving half a 1.5-pound clipboard and the rest a 2.3-pound clipboard. He then asked them several questions and discovered that the mere 0.8-pound difference... More »

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weight • research • psychology

(Newser) - In showing that it has the stomach to use plus-sized models in its pages, Glamour has provoked a torrent of positive reader reaction, blogger Margaret notes on Jezebel. A photo of a woman with a bit of a gut hanging over her underwear accompanied a story in the September issue,... More »

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entertainment • weight • body image • Glamour magazine • women's issues • models • Cindi Leive • Lizzi Miller

(Newser) - Enough about your diet already, Chloe Angyal writes on SpliceToday. It’s boring. “There is something about dieting that renders people unable to talk about anything but their diet, even to complete strangers who actually didn't ask and frankly don't care,” Angyal continues, and she knows what... More »

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weight • eating • healthy eating • fad diets • dieting • conversation • boring

Taller Workers Top Pay Ladder

Extra 4 inches adds 2%-3% in hourly wages for women and men, Aussie study says

May 17, 09 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taller workers have a leg up when it comes to paychecks, AFP reports. An Australian study has found that every additional 4 inches of height adds 3% to a man's hourly wage and 2% to a woman's. Five inches of extra height earns a man the salary of a worker... More »

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obesity • workplace discrimination • discrimination • weight • height

 Skinny French 
 Women Feel 
 Fat: Study 

Europeans weigh themselves on a sliding scale

Apr 23, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most French women feel fat, despite being among the thinnest women in Europe, a study finds. By contrast, much larger women in Britain, Spain, and Portugal consider themselves skinny, AFP reports. Researchers say women in France have a lower ideal weight compared to other European countries. In fact, more than... More »

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Spain • women • France • weight • Netherlands • Portugal • Greece • overweight • Britain

 Friends Say LiLo's Too Skinny 

Actress has dropped 14 pounds, and 6 dress sizes, while seeing Ronson

Oct 28, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's dropped 14 pounds, and friends worry her skinny-mini girlfriend might be the reason, the Boston Globe reports. “Since falling in love with Samantha Ronson—who is naturally very slim—Lindsay seems desperate to lose more weight,” a source says. But Lohan, who's denied eating disorder rumors... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • weight • diet • celebrity • eating disorder • Samantha Ronson

Online Gamers Leaner Than Your Average Couch Potato

Less time watching TV may be factor: study

Oct 2, 08 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Often dismissed as unhealthy and overweight, a recent study found that video gamers are actually 10% leaner than the average American. Just why that is remains a little murky, but researchers did note that players of the popular online game EventQuest II watched 10 fewer hours of TV per week,... More »

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health • weight • USC • video games

Heavy and Healthy:
Obese Can Be as Fit as Thin

New studies show heart health in many overweight people

Aug 12, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Overweight doesn’t necessarily mean unhealthy, two new studies report—nor does thin always mean fit. In a survey of 5,400 men and women, 51% of participants who were overweight and 31.7% who were obese checked out with healthy heart indicators—normal blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and... More »

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obesity • weight • liver • Archives of Internal Medicine • heart health • medical study

 Fake Airline Has
 Philly Giggling 

'Derrie-Air' vowed to charge passengers by the pound

Jun 6, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ad for "Derrie-Air" airlines made Philadelphia readers the butt of a publicity joke today, the AP reports. The owner of two newspapers and an ad agency revealed that the airline—which claimed to charge passengers by weight, and be carbon-neutral—was cooked up to prove the power of... More »

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newspaper • weight • Philadelphia • airline • advertisements • hoax

'Danica Rule' Is Confusing, Controversial

Does move intended to even out drivers' weights even do that?

May 23, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Danica Patrick will carry 35 pounds of ballast in her car in this weekend's Indianapolis 500 to make up for her tiny, 100-pound body. But even those who agree that ballasting is the fair way to account for differences in racers' body sizes aren't sure the IndyCar system is entirely... More »

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Indianapolis 500 • weight • Indy Racing • auto racing • Danica Patrick • Indy 500

Smaller Babies Become Hostile Adults: Study

Low weight at birth and childhood linked to more hostility later in life

May 13, 08 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - New research has linked low birth weight and slow growth in childhood to increased levels of hostility in adults, Reuters reports. Researchers also discovered that the higher levels of aggression were linked to health trouble, including coronary problems, type 2 diabetes and earlier death. The levels of hostility appeared unconnected... More »

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weight • medical research • baby • infant • child development • prenatal care • body mass index

Fashion Lovers Grow Weary
of Waif Look

Internet, reality TV
spark use of real
people as models

Jan 27, 08 7:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Fashion blogs, "Ugly Betty", and other pop staples are nudging the fashion industry to use more real people as models, Newsweek reports. So are YouTube, reality TV, and a slew of designers who make affordable lines for Target and H&M. "People would like to see somebody up... More »

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fashion • weight • model • blog • Fashion Week • Target • fashion designer

The Kilogram Is Losing Weight

19th-century reference object may be off by microscopic amounts

Nov 9, 07 9:31 PM CST
(Newser) - To a casual observer, the plum-sized chunk of metal that rests inside a sealed, underground vault near Paris is unremarkable. But to scientists, the cylinder of platinum and iridium is one of the constants upon which science is based. It weighs exactly 1 kilogram, or at least it used to,... More »

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science • weight • measurement • mass

Study: Weight Lessens Some Causes of Death

Infections, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's less likely to kill overweight people

Nov 7, 07 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Overweight people are much less likely to die of a plethora of diseases, federal researchers announced today, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, infections, and lung disease. This gives them a lower mortality rate than people of normal weight, despite higher risk of heart disease and diabetes. “If we use... More »

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cancer • obesity • cardiovascular disease • health • heart disease • weight • overweight • mortality

Get Married, Pack On the Pounds

Young newlyweds gain more weight than singles, research says

Oct 24, 07 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young adults gain more weight if they're married, a new study shows. People in their late teens and early twenties gain a lot of weight anyway (an average of 15 to 30 pounds), but those who are married gain 6 to 9 pounds more. "The weight gain in this... More »

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obesity • marriage • weight

Freedom Fries Fattening French

Celebrated food culture struggles to resist import of American obesity

Sep 20, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Freedom Fries be danged, French waistlines are taking a decidedly American curve: As fast food and bigger portions invade, some 42% of the famously foodie nation's population is clocking in as either overweight or obese. But officials say don't let them eat cake, predicting US-level obesity if the trend isn't... More »

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obesity • food • France • weight • fast food • freedom fries

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