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A health care debate is going on in Japan, similar to one in the US. The Japanese lawmakers have made obese people illegal and have set a maximum waistline size for anyone age 40 and older: 85 and 90 centimeters for men and women respectively. In..
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In Japan, being thin isn’t just the price you pay for fashion or social acceptance. It’s the law.
So before the fat police could throw her in pudgy purgatory, Miki...
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Is it cruel to laugh at fat people? Some would say that it is rude and an affront to public decency. But hogwash, I say. Fat people are not the disabled. Fat people...
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No more tacos for you Sr. Gordo, unless of course you have at least 3 helpings of veggies on the side.
Mexico City has announced a new program to trim the fat off...
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Succulent pork tacos. Frisbee-sized disks of fried pigskin. Enchiladas smothered in cream.
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Biking commuter Jim Richards is shown Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, outside Mast General Store in Knoxville, Tenn. Appalachian-themed retailer pays workers like Richards $4 a day to ride, walk or catch a bus, a save-the-planet stipend that comes with a side...
