Jonah Bennett So many sailors are getting kicked out of the Navy for failing to pass fitness tests that the service has decided to expand allowable body fat rules to accommodate the obese. The Navy officially changed body fat regulations in January and is now extending a hand to sailors who have flunked fitness…
Guy Bentley A new graphic using the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) starkly illustrates Americans’ expanding waistlines over the past two and a half decades. From 1990 to 2014, the number of states where more than 35 percent of the population is obese has exploded. According to the Centers CDC…
[dropcap size=small]Y[/dropcap]et another social justice petition is making the rounds on the internet. The petition, aimed at Facebook, urges the company to remove the “feeling fat” status option because it could be seen as making fun of overweight people. The petition has garnered nearly 16,000 signatures, and Facebook caved. “We’ve heard from our community that…