http://news.sizenet.comSizeNet size and self acceptance News ServiceSizenetNewsServicehttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=832A new press release has been issued from NAFAA with some new events for September and October. New movies, books and radio shows all promoting Health At Any Size. To quote the press release... "Nationwide ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=830RDF media (UK) is calling for people with interesting personalities to feature in a new program, here is the info... JUST MARRIED...AGAIN Would you like the chance to renew your ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=828The United Kingdom Branch of the International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA UK) strongly condemns the decision by the UK?s National Health System (NHS) to ban fertility treatments for obese women. ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=822The National Association to Advance Size Acceptance (NAAFA) has announced a new look to their website and a grand 5 year plan. The plan includes new initiatives such as increasing membership numbers, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=818Oakland, CA The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is a human rights organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for fat people everywhere. This year NAAFA returns to the ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=817It is now expected that the UK Government will call for a ban on junk food advertising before 9pm watershed. The Food standards agency says proposals drawn up by media regulator Ofcom to reduce the ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=816Have you ever thought Sumo Wrestling as anything other than a Japanese sport? Big guys in nappies struggling to get to grips with each other? Well you are wrong, very wrong, let me tell you why. In the UK there is a lady called Jackie Bates, she is 50 years old, weighs 20 stone and she said this about herself... "...a voluptuous woman and I m very happy about my size. I carry my weight well. I like to dress up and wear nice clothes and I m a girly girl despite being a wrestler..." So this is why you are wrong, there are Sumo Wrestlers in the UK and one of them is a woman! The British Sumo Federation is the official governing body of Sumo in the UK as recognised by Japan, the European Sumo Union and the International Sumo Federation. It came to England around 1900 and demonstrations were given in the Covent Garden area of London. So it seems that the UK has some history to this Japanese sport. The British Sumo Federation is looking for big women to train (no experience required) to compete in the Sumo World Championships in Japan this autumn. They would like to send an all female team if possible. A production company will be filming the project for a documentary for Channel 4 (UK TV) and plan to show how this sport can be a boost to self esteem. Jakie has been quoted saying... "I like to show that it s possible to be big and be fit. I have a healthy lifestyle. I don t smoke, don t drink and I eat well. You don t have to be skinny to take part in sport..." So if you want to try this out then you can make direct contact with the production company (RDF) at the following email address Sumo@rdfmedia.com Links to articles about Jackie Bates can be found here and here. Link to the The British Sumo Federation...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=815Press Release For Immediate Release / June 13, 2006 AUSTIN, TX The International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) has long opposed taxation upon foods or drinks with the supposed goal ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=812A new podcast edition of Without Measure has just been made available from the official Without Measure website. The theme of this show is "Fearing ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=808Despite opposition, the UK Government has decided to introduce obesity tests for school children between 4 and 10 years old. This move has been critised by many groups stating the Government is being ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=805According to a report on the BBC website, the UK Government will be raising standards of nutrition in UK schools. Food items such as chocolate, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=804State owned Indian Airlines is looking to improve the appearance of it?s male and female cabin crew by telling them to stay in shape or leave the plane. The airline is doing away with its 3Kg excess ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=801Currently going around the rumour mill is ?has Disney split with MacDonald?s because of obesity worries? . A 10 year partnership between the two is coming to a close and the Los Angeles Times Newspaper ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=799Curtis Jackson, celebrated rapper, better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is to head an initiative set up to avoid obesity by teaching youngsters how to eat more healthily. The campaign, which ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=784 The National non profit making organization, Public Citizen, is petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have Xenical (Orlistat) removed from sale. Their case is based on a potential ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=778Every parent wants their child to be safe when traveling in a car. You try to buy a car seat that fits them according to their weight. But what happens when you child is over weight and does not fit? With ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=776Two years ago, the MP Tessa Jowell requested the UK TV regulator to develop plans to control adverts for junk food aimed at children. Now Ofcom has failed to grasp the opportunity and instead has created ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=775Pat Ballard is now featured on the ?Health at every Size show? with Dr. Peggy Elam on Radio Free Nashville (WRFN Pasquo, TN). It started on Monday March ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=770The ISAA have now made available two new episodes of their POD casts. PODWOM 8 (PODcast With Out Measure) number 8 theme is "Unhealthy Relationships & Do I Look Fat In This? (Part Two)". Its 40 minutes ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=767As announced on their website, the next Miss Plus America Beauty Pageant will be held on July 26th to the 29th 2006. The location will be in Monroe in ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=766A lot has been said about childhood obesity and ways to treat it medically. But how does a young person deal with the emotions involved with being bigger than their friends? Peer pressure is difficult ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=761 Rumor has it that the Women XL retail show has been cancelled. The show was due to take place between the 8th June and the 10th June this year at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=755Swedish medical professionals have said that they will begin screening all four year olds for obesity. This is an attempt to deal with the health risks that have been linked to the increasing incidence ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=753Obese or not, exercise is still the best if you want a healthy heart, says a new study. A London based team measured the levels of heart clogging cholesterol (LDL) in 37 lean exercisers, 46 lean and ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=747Houston schools are will be featuring a new cafeteria automation system that lets parents dictate and track what their kids choose to eat. Its going to cost $5.3 million to implement. It an ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=746FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2006 Oakland, CA The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) challenges all advertisers, media and the fashion industry to add diversity ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=741It seems that the fast food industry may yet come under attack again. Despite McDonalds being cleared of making people fat and ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=736The United Kingdom branch of the International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA UK) is concerned that the desperate call for funding by the Action for Obesity Resources Campaign is merely scare ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=737The United Kingdom branch of the International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA UK) wholeheartedly condemns the decision by the National Health System (NHS) to deny certain operations such as hip ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=735PRESS RELEASE : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday July 4 2005 The UK?s first show specialising in fashion and accessories for plus size women will take place in London next summer. WomenXL, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=734Contact Information: Allen Steadham, Director International Size Acceptance Association Phone 512.371.4307 E mail Director@size acceptance.org WWW ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=733The ISAA has announce a new PodWom PodCast with a theme of "Quick Fixes Vs. Real Solutions." The 50 minute show features interviews with Big Fat Blog s Paul McAleer in the PODWOM BUZZ, Celebrity ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=732The national dish of Scotland, haggis, has become the latest target in yet another attempt to stem the so called ?obesity plague? hitting the UK. Haggis is loved or hated and is made from a sheep s ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=725UK TV personality and Astrologer Russel Grant has been told by Doctors on the TV program Celebrity Fit Club that he should be dead. At 54, Russel weighs 22 stones and has been told by the medical ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=721A leading campaigner whose groundbreaking work on obesity in the UK has quit the organization he created. Dr Ian Campbell GP has resigned from the National Obesity forum he created in 2000 citing that ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=718A doctor in Rochester New Hampshire is facing dismissal after a woman filed a complaint with the state board of medicine, alleging that Dr. Terry Bennett told her that she was so fat only a "black ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=714According to a new report from the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (Bapen), malnutrition cost the UK more than £7.3 billion in expenditure each year. This is more than double ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=711The Better Body Council will be starting "I ain t Fat" campaign due to commence on the 15 January 2006. The BbC informs people on the impact of messages ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=700The decision by hospital consultants and GPs working in east Suffolk to restrict operations to those with a BMI of over 30 has taken some critisim from a proffesor at one of the world s top universities ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=699Senior Doctors in Suffolk (UK county) are defending their plans to restrict operations including those for obese people. They have agreed to certain criteria being met before patients can undergo ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=697Announced on the 17 of November by Fox Searchlight pictures that the rights to distribute Phat Girlz starring Mo Nique ("The Parkers"), Jimmy Jean Louis (TEARS OF THE SUN), Godfrey (SOUL ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=695Press Release For Immediate Release Contact Information: Allen Steadham, Director International Size Acceptance Association Phone 512.371.4307 E mail Director@size acceptance.org WWW http://www.size acceptance.org Size Acceptance Organization Supports Tyra Banks The International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) wishes to express support for Tyra Banks efforts to educate the public about weight based discrimination through her talk show, The Tyra Banks Show. Ms. Banks wore a fat suit to demonstrate how prevelant size discrimination is and the forms it can take. "Ms. Banks has been outspoken for some time concerning size discrimination," ISAA Founder and Director Allen Steadham said. "ISAA feels her efforts should be recognized as educational and helpful." ISAA s mission is to promote size acceptance and to help end weight based discrimination throughout the world by means of advocacy and visible, lawful actions. ISAA also supports self esteem, fitness and healthy food choices for people of all sizes. Any questions should be directed to ISAA Director Allen Steadham at 512.371.4307 or Director@size acceptance.org...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=693Loving It Large (UK) has announced a date for their Biggie s Christmas party in London and it looks to be one fun filled event. Closing time has been extended to 3am because so much has been packed ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=690For Immediate Release November 3, 2005 The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance challenges Wal Mart and all employers to change any employment policies that might discriminate ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=689I thought I d heard it all! Apparently not! I read this morning that Paul Higgins of the University of California says that we could help the ecological system by eating less! The ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=683A new study has shown that brain cells may be linked to eating behavior. According to new research using mice, certain brain cells may trigger obesity. It is know that hormones, such as insulin, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=684A new survey in by the Christchurch based Taurus Group Ltd has revealed that anti fat attitudes were... rife among staff, with more than 90 per cent saying they would favour a "normal ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=679The ISAA (International Size Acceptance Association) has a new podcast (what is a podcast?) available from their site at http://www.podwom.com/. PODWOM is the abbreviation for Podcast Without Measure, the podcast edition of Without Measure (WOM), the official electronic magazine for the ISAA. The theme of this edition is "The Divas Of Fashion And The Mongers Of Fear.", a 48 minute show which includes interviews with Plus Size Fashion Diva Catherine Schuller, BFB s Paul McAleer in the PODWOM BUZZ, and Australia s Jodie Hunter of Don t Tell Me What Size I Must B. Each segment in the podcast "will reflect a different element of interest concerning size acceptance, Respect Fitness Health, science, fashion, current events and much more." "PODWOM s aim is to present each segment in an entertaining and informative way, made available in downloadable MP3 format. PODWOM will have new broadcasts twice per month." To find out more visit their site...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=676The American news channel CBS5 (for San Franscisco, Oakland and San Jose) has covered the recent NAAFA event in San Mateo. Their website has an article with a short video report that was shown on their ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=674The way that hamburgers are made could soon be changing thanks to seaweed from Scotland. By adding an odourless and colourless fibrous extract of seaweed, junk food could become more healthier. Scientists ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=673The Liberal Democrat (UK) education spokesman Mr Edward Davey has spoken out about the content of school meals. He said it was important to create a cultural shift away from fizzy drinks, fat and ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=670Do all teenagers really believe that obesity is bad? A new study of which the result are due to be published in the journal of Social Science & Medicine, claims that BMI definitions of ?normal? ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=669A recent study in America reveals that those who are seriously overweight have lower incomes and inherit less from their parents. Can weight and wealth be linked? Research has shown that obese people ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=667According to recent research fast food has been shown to trigger chemical reactions in the brain that lead to overeating. It has also suggested that the large quantities of fat and sugar ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=665A drug previously used to dissolve fat deposits in arteries is now being used on patients for cosmetic improvements. Lipostabil has yet to receive a license for cosmetic use in the UK and this is worrying ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=663 Ochoa Labs based in New Delhi has launched a new drug called Amylofix, aimed at the Indian Market. Sources in the company claim that Amylofix, an internationaly acclaimed brand has approval ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=662We are delighted to announce that www.BeaBea.co.uk is now live. We offer clothes in our exclusive designs in sizes from 16 to 36 as standard and it ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=620A new specialist size 16+ model agency website to be launched in the near future is searching for women who would like to register (free of charge for a limited period only) on their website for modelling ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=616Whilst everyone is aware of the much publicised rising european obesity epidemic, at an obesity debate organised by UK company Medical Cutures, european GPs were heard to say that they do not know ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=615A recently published paper identifing obesity risk factors in children of up to 3 years of age in UK was carried out by paediatric energy metabolists and nutritionists. The participants in ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=618Nearly 2 in every 3 Welsh men carry excess weight which has recently raised serious concerns about their long term health. Thanks to an explosion of men s health websites and magazines there ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=609The next Biggies event in Cardif is Friday April 8, 2005. Starts at 7:30 pm and finishes at 12:00 am. It being held at the Castle Arms Basement Bar, Castle Street. For full details visit http://www.lovingitlarge.co.uk/index.php?id=cardiff...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=521PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release ISAA UK Condemns Size Discrimating Bus Ads Contact Information: Fatima Parker ISAA International Envoy Phone: 02072581140 Mobile: 07765286182 E mail: ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=519FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Zara Game Zara uk 01268 474069 zara@zara uk.com http://www.zara uk.com NEW SPRING FASHION March 2004 Essex uk. Zara uk is excited to announce its 2004 Spring Fashion clothing collection. Sexy, exotic colours, and new sassy styles are all part of the Positive BBW ethos behind Zara uk. Our goal is to offer Big Beautiful Women style and choice. We offer style and sophistication to sassy and sexy. Big and beautiful are the keywords at Zara uk said Zara Game, the owner of Zara uk. Zara uk can be seen at http://www.zara uk.com...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=516Contact information: Allen Steadham, Director ISAA Phone: 512.371.4307 E mail: Director@size acceptance.org WWW: http://www.size acceptance.org AUSTIN, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=514CURVY Popstars: The Rivals winners Girls Aloud have been warned to lose weight by their manager. Despite the fresh faced fivesome s shapely appearance, boss Louis Walsh fears they are letting their ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=513CURVY actress Claire Sweeney collapsed with a kidney infection while on the Atkins diet regime. The 31 year old former Brookside star tried the diet after coming under intense public scrutiny following ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=512The Curse of the Holy Pail, the funny and fast paced sequel to Sue Ann Jaffarian s award winning Too Big to Miss, has just been released and is available through all on line book retailers. For excerts, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=502Announcing the launch of Full Impact Dance Company, a company for full figured dancers at the Larger Than Life Exhibition on 24 May 2003. The event is funded by the Peabody Trust Champion of Change, Millennium ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=501Too Big To Miss, which features middle aged, plus size, paralegal and amateur sleuth Odelia Grey, has won Honorable Mention in the 10th Annual Writer?s Digest International Self Published Book Awards. ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=425This document is in Adobe Acrobat format....http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=423AUSTIN, TEXAS The International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) invites America to join ISAA on March 5, 2003 for The Great American Weigh Out, a direct response to the American Cancer Society s ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=422What is Feederism? Simply put, feederism is the fetish like act of encouraging someone to overeat in order to make them intentionally gain weight. The International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=420For those who like to party, there is a new venue in Reading. Described as UK Nightclub events for Big Beautiful Women, Men who Love Big Beautiful Women and anyone else who loves a good night out! Curve ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=416PRESS RELEASE ­ For Immediate Release! Contact: Allen Steadham, Director ISAA Phone: (512) 371 4307 E mail Director@size acceptance.org WWW ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=418If you have ever wanted to be a dancer then this could be your chance! The Full Impact Dancer Acadamy are looking for dancers with some training and great stage presence, and be willing to work in a ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=417Miss Big and Beautifull UK are on the look out again for contestants for their 2003 competition. They are looking for ladies UK dress size 20 plus and aged 18 40, from European and English communities ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=411In an article from today s Austin American Statesman (http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/today/metro_state_6.html), ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=412SPECIAL ISAA ANNOUNCEMENT This announcement is also located at http://www.size acceptance.org VICTORY! PETA Drops Offensive Ad Campaign ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=414The International Size Acceptance Association is proud to present ENTITLED 2002: BE WHO YOU ARE For detailed information, please go to the event website: http://www.size acceptance.org/entitled2002 Here s the basics... WHAT: Film Premiere and Size Acceptance Convention WHEN: Friday November 15, 2002 and Saturday November 16, 2002 WHERE: Austin, Texas at the Four Points Sheraton hotel at US183 and IH 35 WHO: ISAA Director Allen Steadham Gia Melissa Marciano and Ursula s Curse Constantine Valhouli, the Director of CURVE ISAA Goodwill Ambassador and Artist Paul Delacroix More to be announced soon YOU! HOW MUCH: $55.00 Early Bird Special (until October 14, 2002) $65.00 (October 15 November 14, 2002) $75.00 (November 15 November 16, 2002) This package includes: Tickets to the premiere of the film CURVE (see the trailer at the event website) Rocktronic concert with Ursula s Curse (hear their MP3 "Entitled" at the event website) Transportation from the hotel to the film premiere and back Transportation to the concert and back Attendance at the ISAA convention (workshops, speakers, fashion show and more!) One year new membership or renewal membership to ISAA! This package does not include: Air travel to the event Hotel or food costs However, ISAA does have a special group discount with our airline sponsor (American Airlines) and a reduced rate at our hotel. Special rates, maps and event details are at the event website. You can buy the Early Bird Special online right now using Paypal! ISAA has made sign up very easy. Just go to the event website at http://www.size acceptance.org/entitled2002 This event is just two months away, so reserve your spot now! Best Wishes, Allen Steadham Allen Steadham, Director International Size Acceptance Association E mail Director@size acceptance.org WWW http://www.size acceptance.org...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=413SPECIAL ISAA ANNOUNCEMENT Also available online at:http://www.size acceptance.org PETA Drops "Don t Pay For 2 Seats" Ads...Then ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=500Join celebrities Jon Lovitz, David Spade, Gere Burns, and others for a special benefit event with the legendary RUBY MAZUR at a private dinner on Thursday, August 22, 2002 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Brentwood?s ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=410On Thursday August 22, 2002, ISAA Director Allen Steadham and Ursula s Curse frontwoman Gia Melissa Marciano addressed students at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin concerning size acceptance as ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=407A hormone thought to boost appetite rises in the bloodstream after dieters lose lots of weight, possibly explaining why it s so hard to keep weight off long term ? and offering a new target for a diet ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=406COLUMBIA, SC Undertow, a psychological thriller by award winning author Janna McMahan, focuses on the greed and conspiracies lurking in South Carolina s most powerful political offices. Undertow ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=403ISAA Press Release For Immediate Release! Contact Info: Allen Steadham, Director International Size Acceptance Association E mail Director@size acceptance.org WWW http://www.size acceptance.org ISAA Tackles Misinformation About Obesity The fat are under attack from a variety of sources, and the weapon of choice is misinformation. Whether it?s misleading figures ( 300,000 people die each year from obesity, obesity is worse than smoking and drinking ) or imposing assumption based fat taxes on adults or your child is fat intimidation letters and pedometer programs to parents of fat school children, one thing is lacking in all of the attacks on the fat: a clear cut solution to the perceived problem. Since its creation in July 1997, the International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) has devoted itself to promoting health and fitness for people of all sizes. At the same time, ISAA asserts that everyone can benefit from a well balanced assortment of foods and mild to moderate exercise. The ISAA website contains informative responses to the obesity myths and misinformation presently touted by sources as high as the U.S. Surgeon General and many media outlets. The ISAA website is located at: http://www.size acceptance.org ISAA firmly supports the idea that one can be fit and fat at the same time. ISAA backs this up with examples such as Jennifer Portnick, the 240 pound San Francisco fitness instructor who was rejected by Jazzercise because she appeared fat; in fact, Portnick exercises six times a week and is in excellent health. Portnick petitioned the San Francisco Human Rights Commission because San Francisco?s anti discrimination laws include size in their definitions. Her case is still being reviewed at this time. ISAA supports physical education for children of all sizes, because all children benefit from regular exercise, just as adults do. ISAA believes that this is a much more effective deterrent to health issues that arise from inactivity and improper diet. ISAA does not support approaches that single out children based on physical appearance; there are many children that are not fat who are improperly nourished and out of shape who are more at risk than fat children who are fit. ISAA does not and will not support weight loss dieting, weight loss drugs or weight loss surgery. These methods focus on a person s Body Mass Index (BMI) not their health or well being and can lead to eating disorders. ISAA cannot support them because they reduce overall health over time, too often leading to deaths whose cause is mislabeled as obesity. ISAA does try to foster improved self esteem in people of all sizes, resulting in more productive members of society and encourages fitness for all sizes (which does not always result in weight loss). ISAA?s mission is to promote size acceptance and to help end size based discrimination throughout the world by means of advocacy and visible, lawful actions....http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=402PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Information: Allen Steadham, Director International Size Acceptance Association Phone: (512) 371 4307 E mail Director@size acceptance.org WWW http://www.size acceptance.org Postal: P.O. Box 82126, Austin, Texas 78758 USA The International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) now has online presentations designed for businesses, universities and individuals. These presentations serve the purpose of informing the public about size issues, healthy body imagery, fitness and health for all sizes and specifics about ISAA s Mission, Goals and Policies. ISAA also hopes to dispel some common myths about obesity and size related issues. The following presentations are available for download and/or online viewing: ISAA Presentation On Healthy Body Imagery (Powerpoint Slideshow 233K) http://size acceptance.org/downloads/ISAA_Presentation_On_Healthy_Body_Imagery.pps ISAA Presentation On Healthy Body Imagery (HTML Version of slideshow) http://size acceptance.org/downloads/ISAA_Presentation_On_Healthy_Body_Imagery.htm ISAA Mission, Goals and Policies (Powerpoint Slideshow 106KB) http://size acceptance.org/downloads/ISAA_Mission_Goals_Policies.pps These are also available from the main ISAA Downloads page at: http://www.size acceptance.org/downloads ISAA s mission is to promote size acceptance and help to end size discrimination throughout the world by means of advocacy and visible, lawful means. ISAA was created in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas....http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=400Two online stores are now open with a variety of INDD 2002 merchandise. The stores carry mugs, totebags, mousepads, hats, and T shirts (up to 4X), all with the 2002 INDD logo. The US INDD online ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=397 Plus Size Women s Process Group A Time To Share, Explore, and Connect with Large Women on a Common Ground Body Size Acceptance, Self Esteem, and Mind Body Spirit Health Beginning ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=396A new exercise scheme currently operating in Vienna (Austria) may well be coming to the London Underground. Commuters in Vienna are already following the programme designed by Gert Halbgebauer ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=395A new diet drug is to go on sale in Australia called Reductil. It can reduce a patients weight up to 10kg in 6 months. It will cost $120 for a 30 day supply. Reductil, which is known in the US as ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=386If you thought that kids had a tough time at school it s about to get a whole lot worse! IBM plan to place in schools a kiosk that will let a student know if they are too fat! The actual use is to ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=380Brians Jones is 38, 500 pounds, barely mobile and a foster father for the last 6 years. He has been dad to 3 boys ages 9, 10 and 16 years. But now a family court has ruled that he is now incapable of ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=382A big surprise to just about everyone was a heat winner in the ITV (UK TV Channel) Pop Idol competition. The aim of the program is to find the next big pop music sensation. The winner was Rik Waller who ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=383The Mission of the International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) is to promote size acceptance and to help end size discrimination throughout the world by means of advocacy and visible, lawful actions. ISAA ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=381Those that put on weight around their middle, apple shaped , produce to much of an enzyme which is linked to metabolism. Scientists have conducted experiments on mice that showed visceral obesity ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=376Body Image and the Larger Woman: Part 1 January 25 and 26, 2002 College of DuPage 425 22nd Street Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 6599 (630) 942 2800 Introduction: Society s ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=375FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2001 Sonoma CA Size With Style ? announces the launch of their exclusive new program, Size With Style? Spa Plus Getaways , enabling women, sized 14W and ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=374 Immediate ReleaseNovember 13, 2001 Contact: Voncile Tarver (330) 649 9809 Email: ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=365Size With Style Announces New Concept in Spa Holidays; Designed Exclusively for Plus Size Women October 9, 2001 Sonoma CA Size With Style proudly announces the launch of their exclusive ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=372FAT RIGHTS ORGANIZATION BOYCOTTS SHALLOW HAL Says Fat Suit Movies Insensitive to People of Size The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) is calling for a boycott of Shallow ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=370Goldsmiths College must have wondered what they had let themselves in for when the finals of Miss Big & Beautiful took place on the 29th of September. All those beautiful ladies and their host of ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=366Cleveland Bound! It s almost here! Head to Cleveland, November 2 4, 2001, where the 16th Plus USA Woman Conference & Pageant will take place at the Sheraton City Centre Hotel, 777 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=369Is there a feud between Geri Haliwell and Posh Spice, Victoria Beckham? Geri is currently in Australia but has cancelled a lot of her appearances tha may be due to a radio host having played a taped conversation ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=367Charlotte, now 15 is a world famous soprano and a voice like an angel , wants to prove that you don t have to be skinny to be famous. The teen star is proud of her figure and dressing, shopping ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=363Detail: Obesity Awareness Week 3rd 9th September 2001 TOAST(the obesity awareness and solutions trust) is a non profit making organisation and is the first in the country to set up action groups ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=364Marlene Corrigan, mother of Christina has been convicted of child abuse and sentanced to three years probation and 240 hours of community service. Christina was 13 and weighed 672lbs (305kg) when ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=340Most of us who have ever dieted have heard of or even tried the Jenny Craig weight loss programme. For those that haven t the principal is simple they make money by preying on many women and men s ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=342May 6th saw the celebration of International No Diet Day, also the result of Miss Plump Universenet. The competition located at Belles Rondeurs (http://www3.sympatico.ca/rondes) has been running since 1997. Based on the Internet, entrants are encourage to gain as many votes as possible by contacting friends and family and posting information on discussion boards etc. José Breton founder, is very enthusiatic about his event. The goal of this beauty contest is to help women raise their self esteem, give example to other women in the way that you can be plump and beautiful and raise the presence and the visibility of plump women in the media. The people must see how beautiful plump women can be. A total of 50 entrants submitted their names and photo s to appear on the website. A month is allowed for voting and after 1153 votes, a winner was declared. Dark haired beauty Velvet, contacted many websites and magazines, an effort that paid off, I contacted, via email, almost 200 sites, hoping that magazines like French Glamour or Australian Vogue might possibly be feeling in a controversial mood and pop a paragragh in their supposidly pro women mags. Needless to say, I received no responce on that end, lol , but all we can do is try. It is a relection on the media that virtually no interest was taken in this competiton, an attitude that fat is bad stops events like this from being reported and encouraged. My reasons for taking part are that I feel very strongly that there is a severe lack of sexy images of BBW s.The large size magazines like MODE have women who I d hardly consider large and there is absolutely nothing in the more popular women s magazines showcasing fat as anything more then a revolting plague to be battled. José has high hopes for next years event, he is looking for bigger prizes to entice more entrants and hopefully better coverage in the press. He has no weight limits for contestants, for in his view, a woman can be plump at any size. His admirable goal is to help woman to be proud of their curves....http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=354Detail:June 22, 2001, Windsor, CA, USA Announcing the Grand Opening of a new whimsical, fat friendly on line gift shop and art gallery. chunkEbusiness at www.chunkebusiness.com is a new business designed especially with the plus size community in mind. We are three middle aged fat ladies who decided to bring together products that celebrate the size acceptance movement. ALL our products are fat friendly and portray people of size in a postive, up lifting manner. We believe that it s time to incorporate art into our homes and our lives that depict us as we really are, not as someone else things we should be. In our gift shop you will find a large and varied selection of gift items that are both adorable and practical at the same time. In addition to their beautiy, every item has a practical function. You will find candles, lotion pumps, cheese spreaders, wine stoppers, kitchen timers, beach towels, lawn sprinklers and much, much more, all depicting people of varying sizes having fun and enjoying life. In our art gallery we represent several artists from Sonoma County, CA, USA who have created a broad selection of original creations especially for our audience. You can find originals and prints from Clio Award winning artist, Carol Golden. Darliene has created plus size aprons and t shirts from her whimsical caricatures. There are limited edition etched glass pieces, all numbered and signed by the artist. BawdyParts Notecards were created from original photographs of real live big beautiful women and show that parts can be both beautiful and sexy! Our framed prints from Art in Motion will surely bring a smile to your face with their own special brand of humor. Please contact Peggy Howell at (707)836 0665 to further assist you or answer any questions you might have....http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=320SizeNet has been chosen by Net2One to provide size related news articles. The Net2One website has ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=343There seems to be more and more real life TV programs cropping up these days. I am sure you have heard of Big Brother? What is the facination? What makes them high rating programs? It is human ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=341The British Medical Association has criticized the media s image of women and the obsession with stick thin models. They have called for a more realistic body shape to be shown on television and in ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=358Coca Cola has announced plans to provide a more healthier range of drinks to made available at vending machines based in school campuses. Public health officials has welcomed this, I think it?s ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=359Now that the German army has little to do, it seems it soldiers are becoming bigger. Nearly 40% over 40 are overweight, more than one in ten are classed as obese. The top brass in the German ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=339Whilst it has been appreciated for some time that it is better to have a pear shaped figure as opposed to an apple shaped one, results of recent research released at the 11th European Congress on Obesity ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=360The man who describes himself as the father of fen phen has been found guilty of illegally prescibing the diet drug over the internet to patients he never met. Pietr Hitzig, 58 was charge with ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=330About 60% of African Americans are overweight or obese, compared with 54% of the U.S. population in general, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Baltimore, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=323Canadian twins are currently at the centre of a custody battle. 3 1/2 year old boy and girl are being fought over by the parents. The father is accusing the mother of abuse as both children have been ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=329The children of America are still getting fatter according to the Centers for Disease Control s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In the last survey of 1999, 13% of children between ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=327Two artists who explore the experience and contemporary issues of the female form will exhibit their works in an exhibition at the Art Gallery in the Chancellor s Building at Keele University, from ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=324Societies belief that fat is to be got rid of may have to change with a new recent discovery. According to a recent report in the journal, Tissue Engineering, researchers have found that stem cells ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=322SizeNet is launching a new project this month to encourage and produce size positive works of art. The art itself can range from fiction and painting to photography and poetry. SizeNet already has an ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=328British biotechnology company Phytopharm is currently discussing licensing possibilities like the one they have with U.S. giant Pfizer to develop a new obesity drug derived from a cactus used in the ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=325Parents may be unaware of how much soft drinks may contribute to their childrens weight gain and future health problems. A news study published in teh Lancet medical journal states there is a ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=312People who snore during sleep may have a condition called sleep apnoea or obstructive sleep apnoea. Typical symptoms include feeling tired during the day or nodding off especally during times when ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=317Professor George Davey Smith, University of Bristol told a meeting of leading obesity experts that social class and obesity and the nutrition of the mother during pregnancy play a significant part ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=316Norwegian Cabinet Minister Karita Bekkemellem is urging the fashion industry to change the minimum weight limit for models. If they are unwilling to do this then a change in the laws will be considered. The ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=315The drug Merida is now available in Canada, due to be available in pharmacies after 2 April 2001. A one month supply of the 10 mg dose will cost approximately $125. Like most western cultures, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=314MBF chief medical officer Gavin Frost addressed a nutirtion forum and stated that Teletubbies and other television characters send the wrong message to children that being fat is fine. Cartoon ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=310I m sure most parents have spent time in front of the TV watching cartoons with their children. How often have you seen a large leading character or any large character in a postive role? The ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=301There never seems to enough surveys these days, another has popped up this time from Finland. Dr. Timo A. Lakka of the University of Kuopio, Finland speaking at the American Heart Association ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=306The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is to approve Xenical for presription. However, individuals taking the drug must have lost at least 2.5kg first and they must be diagnosed as clinicaly obese ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=298I don t know if this worries you but there may soon be a simple blood test for youngsters which would indicate if they were going to become obese later in life. The test already works on lab ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=302Asia is a prosperous new economy and the people are reaping the rewards. However not every thing is rosy. Obesity is on the increase. In China they have returned to their old ways in an attempt ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=304Heart disease, diabetes and high cholesterol have up to know been synonymous with western culture, now Asian health care is struggling to keep up with these new diseases. Sadly it seems the children ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=221In a recent study consisting of 450 black Americans who were firstborn, female or the daughters of overweight women found themselves struggling with obesity as adults. The study of 447 newborns ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=222Diet drugs of the future may contain a new ingredient that has been discoved to allow mice to eat more but weigh less. Scientists from drug giant SmithKline Beecham and the University of Cambridge ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=223Yet another study has released figures that more and more Americans are becoming over weight. However, it seems that physicians are not dealing with it. Dr. Randall S. Stafford, of Massachusetts ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=237 For More Information Please Contact: NAAFA Office (916) 558 6880 Fax: (916) 558 6881 Jeanette DePatie 314.588.8502 ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=238Taken from NAAFA Fat Activist Task Force updated 9.5.2000 Anamarie Martinez Rodrigo, a fat 3 year old said to be suffering a rare genetic defect, has been removed from her parent s ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=239Taken from NAAFA Fat Activist Task Force updated 9.5.2000 According to NAAFA activists attending the hearing, the following has just occurred. The hearing is temporarily in recess ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=240Wells Fargo Bank has created a Legal Defense Fund for the family of the New Mexico girl, Anamarie. If you wish to contribute to the fund then please use the following address Legal Defense Fund 200 ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=88 Anti fat prejudice is alive and well in New Zealand with fat people discriminated against on a daily basis in major life activities, including the basic right ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=151 Find out about the clinical features of and therapies for a condition that only recently has been accepted as a distinct psychiatric syndrome. Drugs & Their Perspect ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=149Despite higher obesity rates in black women compared with white women, overall body size does not appear to increase the risk of breast cancer in black women, according ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=144According to a report in the April issue of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, living with a chronic disease requiring dietary restrictions may increase ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=87Acting on recent consultation with young women which reveals their concerns and anxieties about pressure to be thin and body image, Minister for Women Tessa ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=147 The most important factor in successful long term outcome of bulimia nervosa is early recognition and treatment, according to a report in the May issue of the International ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=110Dramatic increases in diabetes, heart disease, and other diseases are forecast as a result of the "epidemic of obesity sweeping Europe," reports The Independent ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=86A recent report from the British Advancement of Science Meeting in Sheffield revealed that crash dieting affects brainpower!  The reason behind this is however, not the lack of nourishment, but the obsessive thought patterns it promotes. It reduces your reaction times, attention span and memory.  Another great reason not to bother! (As if I needed another one!) Article by Sarah Toovey...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=92The Human Rights Commission is a statutory body set up to administer the Human Rights Act 1993. The Act requires the Commission to carry out two main functions ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=74Crash diets put a serious strain on your body. They encourage eating disorders. They deprive the body of vital vitamins and nutrients required by it, yet starvation/crash ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=138CHICAGO, Illinois April 12, 2000 Strict diets required for chronic disease management may increase risk of unhealthy eating behaviors. Young ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=73 Don t Wait For Your Weight! Get The Care And Respect You Deserve NOW! Doctors and scientists and government specialists have long claimed that ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=82Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 declares that: all persons within the United States have a right to employment ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=18 Brazil has passed a law making it compulsory for 3% of public transport to be sized appropriately for larger people! Reproduced with the kind permission of New Zealand Bella magazine for women with more. ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=17 Chocolate eaten in moderate amounts and as part of a healthy diet can reduce the risk of heart disease, strokes and blood clots. That s ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=15 Police officers in the Philippines have been ordered to lose weight or risk getting the sack! This new initiative has been given ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=287London Guildhall University has conducted a study that has shown that short men and plain or overweight women are taking home thousands of pounds less in their pay packets than their colleagues. While ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=273Since our last report, Anamarie Regino has returned to her New Mexico home following a secret meeting on October 19th. Since being in the care of the authorities she has regained all the weight she ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=281The McLaren Leisure Centre in Callander, west Perthshire (Scotland) has banned thin people and leotards from their excercies class s. The decision was to create a poser free zone for larger ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=279 Without a seat belt, you are four times more likely to die in a crash, and ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=284People of a fuller figure may not be getting immunisations properly as the needles used may not be long enough. Injections against diseases such as flu and hepatitis B may not have the full effect ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=280 Without a seat belt, you are four times more likely to die in a crash, and ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=286Removed...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=264In an ever increasing effort to show that the American diet is the reason why Americans are getting bigger, a study has been carried out researching weight gain pattens on visiting foreign students. It ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=265We may be finding Soy in more foods than ever. A health publication of Harvard Medical School reports that soy has ";consistently lowered both total cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol " ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=266Fat acceptance is the last thing you would think of happening in the US military and you would be right. Thousands of men and women have been kicked out of the armed forces for being either too fat ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=263A couple of studies recently released have shown that women are more vulnerable to increasing their weight during puberty, after pregnancy and after menopause. This information is to be used by U.S. ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=244FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Broadcast) Contact: Cheryl Barnes, National Director, CPS Watch, Inc. 1 800 CPS WATCH (1 800 277 9282) A NATIONAL WATCHDOG ORGANIZATION JOINED FORCES ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=243 Contact: Allen SteadhamAddress: P.O. Box 82126, Austin, TX 78758Phone: (512) 371 4379 E mail: Director@size acceptance.org WWW: ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=218Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), found naturally in beef, ground turkey and cheese is considered an antioxidant and an anticarcinogen and is now available as a supplement to complement your diet. Weight ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=224Manufacturers of the herb ephedra and the U.S. FDA have sparred over whether people risk serious harm when they take the stimulant used in scores of dietary supplements sold for weight loss and boosting ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=226The plight of Anamarie Regino and her family has become a watershed for all those who genuinely care about the rights of larger people. Anamarie was taken from her home, kicking, screaming and very ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=225Contact: Allen Steadham Phone: (512) 371 4379 E mail: Director@size acceptance.org WWW: http://www.size acceptance.org Date: 08/29/2000 AUSTIN, TX The International Size ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=220With the discovery of a fat switch , researchers may be have a new lead on a way to treat obesity, however they warn it may take some time. The production of fat is regulated at the cellular ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=219A new find may prove that an infectious virus may contribute to obesity. The August issue of the International Journal of Obesity, reports that researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=21790 per cent of women have been on a diet at some point in their lives, while only 20 per cent of men admit to having done so in Britain alone. With the pressure on women to be thin, this has been ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=212Celera Genomics Incorporated of Maryland USA, last month claimed to have produced what US President Bill Clinton has proclaimed as the most wondrous map ever produced by humankind by taking the first ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=214A recent study carried out in the UK has uncovered that one in four schoolgirls that took part are depriving themselves of iron and it is effecting their IQ s. We were surprised that ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=211According to the Chief Dietician of St George s Hospital in London, England, presenting her findings at the 13th International Congress of Dietetics in Edinburgh, Scotland, the intake of chocolate ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=196 On 21st June 2000 an Eating Disorders Summit was called by Tessa Jowell MP and minister for Womans Issues in Downing Street London. It was called to address the psychological problems in young vulnerable ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=195Psychologist Julia Buckroyd launched The Student Dancer on 29 June. A book claiming that draconian teaching methods are turning young dancers into anorexics and causing pychological problems for ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=156David Phillips at the University of Southampton, Englandand Jim Young of Northwestern University in Chicago have recently published a paper in the International Journal of Obesity in which they analyse ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=155The concept of a "food control centre" in the hypothalamus has been alive for years following studies in rodents. Now cells in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus have been reported to ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=157In the North Central African Republic of Chad undernutrition may be its main problem. The latest craze, which is causing health worries, is for women to be fat. This apparently stems for a ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=160China may now have the dubious record for childhood obesity. A report has appeared of a child of 11 years who weighed 174.25kg and who has lost an initial 60kg on diet, exercise and acupuncture ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=161A study of 3000 children aged 2 5 years in the Bristol area of England has found that overweight and obesity are serious problems. BMI was measured at 24, 49 and 61 months of age. Those over ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=162Teenage girls who exercise, diet, and generally try to lose weight are more likely to put on the pounds and to become obese than are those who don t. The Journal of Consulting and Clinical ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=154We all know exercise can help us lose weight, yet we are not doing enough to get rid of those extra pounds, according to new data released in April by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=163A study recently reported on by the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity examined the relationship between TV viewing and three year change in BMI among a community based sample of 176 men, ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=166What is a FAT Advocate? The FAT Advocates Network (FAN) is a brand new organization specifically designed to provide medical advocacy to the FAT community. You must be thinking what the ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=175With obesity becoming an increasing problem in the UK, there may be adverse consequences concerning health. However, the considerable health risks for women associated with being underweight are less ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=295There are ways of improving your sleep other than counting sheep and taking potentially addictive medicaments food! If you eat you won t feel hungry when you go to bed. This makes food an ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=290Losing weight can make you feel more alert , make you feel more energetic, even more sexy. Great though this may sound, it doesn t last long! The lack of calorific intake and the missing vital nutrients ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=294The F Plan diet became popular in the 1980 s and ever since high fibre diets and eating plans have been a popular method tried by many to lose weight. High fibre diets are supposed to work ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=291Ever stopped to wonder why some people get away with a diet that is high in fat and still stay slim while others (me included) don t? Nutritionists believe they may have the answer. Apparently ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=53 There is a Bill going through the Congress of the United States which intends to: "Amend the Public Health Service ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=10 Crash dieting affects the brain even when you don t lose any weight. Women desperate to lose those few extra pounds have ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=12 Obesity is at epidemic levels in the UK. More than half of all adult Americans are overweight too. UK Adults According to Mark Greener, a former pharmacologist, in his report in the Pharmaceutical Times, money is being wasted treating the results of obesity rather than tackling its causes. "The UK spends around £195m treating obesity related diseases," he writes. But only 15% of this goes on tackling obesity itself, he adds. In the UK, 13% of men and 16% of women are obese, the report says. Overall, 57% of men and 48% of women are overweight. Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes. It can cause psychological problems. Even so, people in the UK are living longer, even though they are getting fatter, according to the Chief Medical Officer s annual report. Life expectancy has increased, but the number of people classed as obese is on the rise. Seventeen per cent of British women aged between 16 and 64 are now classed as obese, a rise of 2% in just 5 years. Sixteen per cent of men were found to be obese in 1996, compared with 13% in 1991/2. UK Children The Health of Young People survey, commissioned by the Department of Health found that 29% of girls and 44% of boys under the age of 15 did not take part in physical activity lasting 30 minutes outside organised sessions at school. Research has also uncovered evidence that many young females, aged 16 24, worry unnecessarily about the weight. Among those with a desirable weight, 20% said they were too heavy and 45% were trying to lose weight. Even among underweight women 10% were trying to lose weight! The survey is based on information taken in 1995, 1996 and 1997 from 14,582 children aged 2 15 and 5,126 yound adults aged 16 24 US Adults A new assessment of obesity in the United States, carried out by The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has classified 55% of adult Americans, or 97 million adults, as overweight or obese. This compares to 43% in 1960. In the population as a whole, 22.5% of Americans are now classified as clinically obese. This figure stood at 13% in 1960. Most of the increase has taken place in the last ten years according to survey data. Further information can be found at news.bbc.co.uk This article by Sarah Toovey...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=9 Eating breakfast makes you happy and produces a feel good factor that lasts until lunchtime, psychologists say. The number ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=4 When the great Thomas Jefferson committed the infant United States to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration ...http://news.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=5 According to a recent article in the Metro Newspaper (London, 25th May 99), there appears to a rise in Obesity that may reach record ...