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24 Apr 2010 14:01

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Offbeat: The KFC Double Down + Krispy Kreme = Luther Double Down

  • Some mad scientists decided to combine the most fattening KFC item in history with the concept behind the most fattening burger in history (one reportedly named for Luther Vandross), and Jesus Christ, we think we might pass out from the contact buzz the calories are giving us. source
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28 Mar 2010 23:07

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U.S.: Obese people study: They’re like drug addicts, except with food

  • Obesity may be a form of compulsive eating. Other treatments in development for other forms of compulsion, for example drug addiction, may be very useful for the treatment of obesity.
  • The Scripps Research Institute researcher Paul Kenny • Describing a study they did which showed that overweight rats reacted to food the way that drug addicts react to drugs. They found that as the rats gained weight, a dopamine receptor that signified reward went down. So, you know what this means, obese people. Start doing drugs. Replace one addiction with another. (Actually, don’t do that. That’s terrible advice. But then again, we’re not advice columnists.) source
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15 Mar 2010 18:50

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Offbeat: Dear morbidly obese woman: What you’re doing isn’t honorable

Meet Donna Simpson, who’s TRYING to become the world’s fattest woman. At 12,000 calories a day, her svelte 600-pound frame should be up to 1,000 in no time flat. source
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16 Feb 2010 10:15

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Culture: Kevin Smith knows exactly when to play the “I’m fat” card

  • 2008 Just days before the release of “Zach and Miri Make a Porno,” Smith told the L.A. Times that he broke a toilet. He milked it.
  • 2010 Just days before the release of “CopOut,” Southwest Airlines booted Smith off a flight for being way too fat. He milked it. source
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14 Feb 2010 21:28

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Culture: Southwest Airlines throws off the wrong fat guy: Kevin Smith

  • Hey @SouthwestAir I’ve landed in Burbank. Don’t worry: wall of the plane was opened & I was airlifted out while Richard Simmons supervised.
  • Director Kevin Smith • Regarding a harrowing experience where he was booted from a flight because he was too fat, according to the pilot. He later got on another flight, but not before he tweeted about it to his 1.6 million followers on Twitter. The director, who helmed the upcoming Bruce Willis/Tracy Morgan awesomefest CopOut, says he’s not that fat yet. In case you’re wondering, Southwest responded, claiming they’ve had the “persons of size” policy for 25 years now. Our question: Where’s your private jet, Silent Bob? source
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13 Feb 2010 13:21

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U.S.: Fat children apparently “set” as fat kids at really early ages

  • 50% of overweight teens were overweight by 24 months of age
  • 90% of overweight teens were overweight by 5 years of age source
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20 Nov 2009 23:08

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World: Sick: Peruvian gang kills people for their fat for some reason

  • “We are not making this up. They have confessed to this. That’s what’s coming out now.” In case you’re Peruvian and were wondering where your fat friend went recently, it’s possible that he’s one of 60 people who may have been killed for his fat. Four gang members were arrested in the incredibly bizarre scheme, which reportedly netted them $15,000 per liter of fat from European labs. We smell a plot to a horror movie. source
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20 Nov 2009 19:36

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U.S.: Movie popcorn: Our nation’s biggest, scariest problem ever

Why you should eat movie popcorn: It’s really tasty. Why you shouldn’t: It’s a giant bag of fat and calories – even before the butter. source
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08 Aug 2009 18:28

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Offbeat: Protip: If you’re obese and arrested, hide a gun inside your fat

  • 500+ weight, in pounds, of Texas man George Vera, who was arrested for selling bootleg recordings
  • five number of searches it took to find an unloaded gun between Vera’s folds of fat; we’re not kidding source
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15 Apr 2009 22:26

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Biz, Offbeat: Yo, fattie, you’re taking up an extra seat! Time to pay double!

  • United joins in the anti-fattie air crusade. Are you really fat. Like, really fat? Fatter than that, even? Say, bigger than a breadbox, or an airplane seat? Well, if your fatness gets you booted off a flight, you’re paying for two on United. They’re not alone in their policy – eight other airlines already do it. United defines obese as, get this, “unable to lower the arm rest and buckle a seat belt with one extension belt.” So, sorry fat people. You’re fat. source
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