Study shows 'being fat in today's world' invites social discrimination


	Study shows 'being fat in today's world' invites social discrimination

swampfoxz

7-2-2008 4:10 PM

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Twenty participants-more than 25 percent-regularly tried to lose weight quickly by going without eating anything for periods-essentially "starving" themselves.

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7-3-2008 7:21 AM

valann 47

Everytime I think about losing weight I eat more and you have to be very big or very rich to get of excess fat.

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