From YahooNews:
Obese have right to two airline seats
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.
The high court declined to hear an appeal by Canadian airlines of a decision by the Canadian Transportation Agency that people […]

The data speaks volumes when you add some graphics and colors.
If you’re an American, and you’re not obese, it probably means one of two things…
(a) you’re in denial
(b) it’s only a matter of time.

Are you so fat that when you crap, you often get turd leavings on your huge butt cheeks?
Well now you’re in luck!
A company called “The Great John Toilet Company” has just the product for you!    It’s the Great John Oversized toilet.   Now you can ignore those pesky friends and relatives who’ve been on your case […]

From SFGATE.COM:
Chevron workers’ journey to health begins with 10,000 steps
When Dominique Ralph arrived at Chevron straight out of college, she wondered about the little black boxes with the company logo clipped to the waistbands of employees’ pants and skirts. They weren’t security badges. They weren’t pagers. What were they?
Today, 628,000 steps later and 12 pounds […]

 
From Reuters:
Americans see fat as normal as weights rise: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Carrying a spare tire or two around the waist has become socially acceptable in the United States as the population’s waistlines have expanded, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Economic researchers from Florida State University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston […]

From  St.Pete for Peace.
It would appear that all this time we should have been bombing Burger Kings instead of Iraq.

 
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From CNN.COM:
Incredible shrinking couple loses 580 pounds
(CNN) — When Maggie Sorrells looks at her husband, Andy, she doesn’t see the man she married. In fact, most days, she doesn’t even recognize herself.
Before the Franklin, Tennessee, couple met online, both had endured lifelong struggles with weight and emotional overeating. Together, they had […]

 From CNN.COM:

Distribution of American Fat Bastards in 1991 
(BLUE = 20%-24%, RED = Over 25% of that states population) 

Distribution of American Fat Bastards in 1997
 

Distribution of American Fat Bastards in 2004

The Good News?  You used to weigh over 600 lbs, and after 3 years of strict dieting and exercise, you’ve lost 400 lbs.
The Bad News?  Now you have around 20 lbs of excess skin on your body that won’t shrink with the rest of you.   A pretty incredible and inspiring story about David Smith and […]

Over on The Simple Dollar there is a great article titled “Ten Financial Reasons to turn of your TV“.
I hate TV.
TV is probably the single biggest Evil in America today.
TV is either responsible for, or has had a huge hand in the following….

Obesity
Consumerism and Consumer Guilt
Lack of Community
Escapism and Procrastination
The decline of culture, (TV IS the […]

 
From Spiegel Online:
McDonald’s Targets the English McLanguage
The word has only been in the English language for two decades, but the hamburger chain McDonald’s would like to see the word “McJob” McEliminated from the dictionary — the fast food firm is not lovin’ the OED’s definition.
(more here)
So Mc.Donalds isn’t Mcpleased about the term McJob.
I love the […]

From MSNBC.COM:
 Obese British boy will stay with mom
Officials had debated taking 218-pound 8-year-old into protective custody
LONDON - A mother who feared she might lose custody of her obese 8-year-old son unless he lost weight was allowed to keep the boy after striking a deal Tuesday with social workers to safeguard his welfare.
The case has set […]