• You guys, it’s such a total paranoid conspiracy theory that diet and pharmaceutical companies have ANYTHING to do with the obesity [...]

  Express micro-news!

  January 31, 2008
• We all know about potatoes, the silent killer, and the horrors of drinking milk, the silent killer, thanks to certain Fox-friendly doctors and [...]

  The not-so-silent killer

  January 31, 2008
• Two of us are super swamped and one of us (Kate) is currently out of town, so you may not be seeing a lot of posts this week. In order that there [...]

  Midweek Fluff: Gooey dogs and prickly cats

  January 30, 2008
• Roni Caryn Rabin is quickly becoming the fatosphere’s new best friend, perhaps the more wired-in version of Gina Kolata. On the heels of [...]

  Quick hit: WaPo on fat prejudice in medicine

  January 30, 2008

• I hate him for propagating one of the dumbest fatty stereotypes. But I also luff him. moar cute puppy pictures

  Speaking of Dogs

  January 30, 2008
• Al [playing with dog]: What is this? Me: What? Al: Solly has a lump on his chest. Me: It’s just a fatty tumor. Al: Oh… Solly, have [...]

  I Nominate Al for the Next Honorary Medical Degree

  January 30, 2008
• Frequent commenter (and author in her own right) Alexandra Erin has been cracking you up with her mordant wit for a while now. But she has [...]

  The Onion of the FA movement

  January 29, 2008
• It’s over! Question for readers who saw it (I haven’t yet): can somebody tell me around what time in the program they came on? [...]

  Congrats, Rachel and Mo!

  January 28, 2008

• Okay folks, you asked for it, so over the weekend I set up a Shapely Prose store with t-shirts and sundry other merchandise! We’re starting [...]

  Shapely Prose store is up!

  January 28, 2008
• To see Rachel and Mo Pie on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet tomorrow! Oh, yeah, and MeMe Roth. Pass the popcorn.

  This Time, You Can Really Set Your DVRs

  January 27, 2008