Weight loss advice guaranteed to make you fat

Over at PJMedia, physician Theodore Dalrymple asks a question that German immigrant and pediatrician Hilde Bruch posed and answered over the course of her career starting in 1935, when she founded a clinic for obese children at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.* The question is, “What are we to make of the fact …

Obesity and sleep

Dear Attila is musing tonight on why people become overweight and proposes two explanations. I agree with her, but want to add a third — sleep deprivation. Luckily, the Los Angeles Times published a story this week explaining, “Lack of sleep contributing to obesity” (boldfacing mine): “You’re fighting against the tide to lose weight when …

Marie Claire editor asks anorexic blogger who hates television to write about a new TV romantic comedy about a fat couple

What could go wrong? The link goes to a reaction piece by my dear friend, Jenny Lawson, at Ask The Bloggess, who links the post at the fashion magazine Marie Claire by Maura Kelly about the new TV show Mike and Molly. I encourage you to read both. Jenny points out that Ms. Kelly is …