subscribe | shop | personals | wannabes | fashion Web Boards Linkmania Activism Image Mall Exhibit Hall Vendor Mall Weight Room Events Library Editors Corner Women We Love Success Stories Chatterbox Fat Magic
March 2001	April 2001
Hormone the trigger for fat metabolism. Society's notion of "ideal body" unhealthy. Prez Kathleen Noon on NAAFA's future. UC Davis study: "Fat trapper" diets don't work. Dieting cities: Runner-up Detroit passes Policing food may damage self-esteem Gwyneth Paltrow in fat suit for new movie Longterm Size Acceptance Supporter Dies Challenging image standards To be or not to be beautiful Body Talk: Q&A High-protein diets "not nutritionally sound." Girls internalize negative body image.
January 1999	March 1998
"FRONTLINE" CHEWS THE FAT More Americans agree that diets don't work The facts are in, America: You're fat Side does matter Diet Industry Weighs In on New Promotions Camryn Manheim wins Golden Globe Award New Medicine for Diet-Drug Related Heart-Lung Disease To Enter Clinical Trials in North America	Longterm Size Acceptance Supporter Dies Life in the Fat Lane" - new book explores weight obsession among teens To be or not to be beautiful The Herbal Weight-Loss Scam
February 1999	April 1998
Diet firms to tell clients of risks, hidden costs From the Mayo Clinic: Risks of weight-loss surgery CNN: For some, overweight is OK Drug companies pushed fen-phen despite warning flags Lawyers say fenfluramine maker withheld side effects information	Japan Sumo Association to crack down on Obesity Some Puget Sound ferries are widening their seats Anorexia's link to Western culture questioned Go On - Crack Open That Shell - Eat More Peanuts for Healthier Hearts Weight Loss, Not Weight Gain, A Health Risk For Older Adults Mayo's Cardiologist Connolly Reverses Her Original Position On Heart Valve Damage Caused By Fen-Phen
April 1999	May 1998
Wonder pill? Newly approved diet drug not for everyone Diet Drug Maker Settles Fen-Phen Lawsuit	Immigrants' Children Tend to Be More Overweight
May 1999	June 1998
Eating disorders accompany television to Fiji Camryn Manheim writes book and revels in her role-model status Rosie Not Hurt By "Tubby Talker" Moniker	Help with the NAAFA Kids Project Cosmetic Surgery's Ugly Side The Brats with Fat for Brains Diet demons Right now, miracle fat cure just isn't Price of fat substitute could be cancer Japanese waistlines grow wider Explaining menopausal fat What, Me Avoirdupois? The Newly Overweight Digest the Heavy News Optimal Weight Threshold Lowered NAAFA Calls "Obesity Clinical Guidelines" Bad Policy Fat may not always be unhealthy, experts say Nearly All Americans Will One Day Be Overweight, Researchers Predict Researchers say 54 percent of U.S. adults are overweight
June 1999	July 1998
Firm Denies Hiding Diet Drug Risks	Hefty fees for ambulance services Secret life and unstudied passion of men who like their women large Faced with conflicting advice, bad flavor and hard-to-follow diets, Americans are eating more and caring less John Daly reveals his secret to success: fat For all cultures, thin isn't necessarily in FDA warns 'Fat-Burning' Pads Scorch Users Federal Fatheads
July 1999	August 1998
1999 National NAAFA Convention	1998 NAAFA Convention NAAFA Million Pound March Coverage What's so bad about feeling good? Study Shows Teenage Girls Smoke to Lose Weight Leno's Fat Jokes Rev Up Hate Mail From Bikers Americans Give Up on Low-fat Banned diet drug still on open sale in Beirut
August 1999	September 1998
Lawsuit raises weighty military issue	New Survey on Obesity and Body Image Finds That It's a Matter of Smoke and Mirrors New Survey on Obesity and Body Image Finds That It's a Matter of Smoke and Mirrors U.S. to change charts because all kids weigh too much Camryn Manheim wins Emmy for "all the fat girls" Oregon woman, 42, might not ever see diet drug suit come to trial Large-sized Canadian stripper alleges discrimination Don't waste life worrying about your waistline Denton rethinking extra fee for fat patients New Heart Dangers Seen With Diet Drug
November 1999	October 1998
Friends, pop culture affect weight control among teen girls	Hefty petty officer calls Navy unfair Actresses starve for attention Aftermath Of Fen-Phen Confirming Original Reports Laura Cadieux, a film about big women, to be a big hit Genetic Defect Linked to Obesity 900 pound Hamilton Man Dies
January 1998	November 1998
Teen Report- Girls struggle with "bad body fever" Doctor jailed for fat removal surgery death American Society for Bariatric Surgery Says Insurance Plans Need to Lighten Up on Obese Patients 'Twinkie Tax' Proposed to Curb American Obesity Medical Journal Editors Courageous in Controversial Obesity Editorial Biotech firm markets appetite-suppressing yoghurt - claim "Side effects are a remote possibility" Teen Report-"Body Project" examines girls' self-image The Skinny on Fat Overweight Increasing Among Preschoolers Dr. Koop and so-called "Leading Public Health Experts" Challenge An Editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine Which "Trivializes" Obesity Delta can Discriminate, Says New York Court of Appeals Losing Weight -- An Ill-Fated New Year's Resolution New Year's Diet Resolutions Can Be Unkind to the Bone	Weight study tainted? "Plus-Size" Consumers Get Retailers' Attention Thin elderly at greater health risk Literary heavyweights make light of size
February 1998	December 1998
Fast Foods & Fad Diets May Trigger Health Crisis for Baby-Boomers A Few More Pounds Might Mean Longer Life Dietary Fat Not Linked To Breast Cancer Self-Over Groups Offer Alternative for Those Suffering from Eating Disorders Fat-bashing: Are You Guilty? Eating Disorders on the Increase in Asia Drug Safety Concerns Spark Research on Natural Diet Compound Meridia New Diet Drug Is Not a 'Miracle Cure,' says National Medical Society	Weight triggered firings, lawsuit says Phen-Fen May Pose Smaller Threat For Heart Valve Disease Than Originally Reported Give support, don't ridicule: Keying on child's weight can damage self-esteem
Activism/Size News for 1996-1997