Many obese Americans are taking part in an online campaign against dieting.
The new movement is being fueled by bloggers who refer to their collective as the “fat-o-sphere?, according to Reuters.
One of those bloggers is 34-year-old Kate Harding of Chicago. Harding, the author of the book “Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere.? She told Reuters that she spent most of her early life trying different diet schemes, none of which ever seemed to work.
It’s no secret that America is experiencing a national obesity epidemic. According to the CDC, in 1985 no state for which the center had data contained an obese population percentage greater than 15%. In 2005-06, the center put the nation’s obesity rate in the low 30s.
Interestingly, the nation’s “weight loss? industry is booming. Marketdata, an independent market research firm, estimated the size of this industry at $59.7 billion in 2007, and forecast 7.7% growth through out 2008. A few decades ago, this industry was non-existent.
MEET Dr Super... the surgeon who is a life-saving hero to Britain's fattest patients.
Gastric band expert Paul Super helps obese people shed the equivalent of three adult elephants in flab every year.
And the loss of that crushing 20 tons gives 600 patients their lives back - curing them of diabetes, rescuing their damaged joints and even letting them have children.
Gastric bands have been criticised as quick-fix solutions thanks to new slimline celebs such as Fern Britton but Paul is evangelical about their benefits.
There was a time when Don Hess would go to a buffet and really load up his plate.
He loved his own cooking and pretty much everybody else's.
And over the course of a few decades, his waistline steadily inflated.
By the time he reached his mid-50s, Hess looked at himself and saw an unhappy, 369-pound man.
"It's one of those things, I think, that it sneaks up on you," he says.
A 38-year-old nurse at Gibson Area Hospital in Gibson City, Lange had been fighting her weight since her teens, starting a new diet every time her weight hit 200.
Santosh Malaki, a 20-year-old college student, did just that -- lost 100 pounds. Now, he's sharing some of the diet and exercise tips that helped him shed the weight.
A SYDNEY man who ran his own "Biggest Loser" regime - losing 85kg ¿ now faces a bulging $40,000 bill for body lift surgery to remove excess fat.
After years of obesity and at one point weighing in at 160kg, the 20-year-old Bradbury man decided it was time to shed the kilos.
Over a 12-month period, he underwent a transformation, losing half of his body weight.
Spring usually delivers a new crop of aching bodies to physical therapy offices.
“People look out and see an acre of weeds and decide to get it all done in one day,? said John Stithem, a Santa Rosa physical therapist. “Or, the weather is finally nice and you suddenly decide to begin running.?
But it’s not just the season that causes more bodies to require professional rehabilitation. There’s the boomer determination to belie age — “the weekend warriors who think they can do at 50 what they did at 30,? said Stithem.
Belly fat has been linked to the development of metabolic syndrome that can lead to diabetes, heart disease and stroke. A new study shows that moderate exercise eliminates the harmful inflammatory effects of abdominal obesity, even without dieting.
