WARNING! Reading this blog could make you fat.

I was otherwise occupied last night. If I hadn’t been, I’d have joined in with the chorus of disapproval regarding Nuffield Health and Prof Michael McMahon’s pop at fat ‘role models‘ (see also the Metro’s coverage). What to add that Costigan and Carol haven’t already said (or for that matter, Susie Orbach and Phill Jupitus)?… Continue reading WARNING! Reading this blog could make you fat.

Sandra Gidley’s favourite crash diet under investigation

LighterLife, already in my bad books over TOAST and fat suits, are the subject of a BBC investigation tonight: The liquid-based programme, aimed at people who are three or more stones overweight, involves dieters consuming just 530 calories a day for 12 weeks. But Inside Out has heard from some dieters who have experienced disrupted… Continue reading Sandra Gidley’s favourite crash diet under investigation

Fat people unite! You have nothing to lose but your shoelaces!

I wrote the following letter to Lib Dem News last week but they saw fit not to print it. Fair enough, but here it is anyhoo: Just what point is Sandra Gidley trying to make by prancing about in a comedy fat suit (People, 22nd February)? As someone who is at least as fat as… Continue reading Fat people unite! You have nothing to lose but your shoelaces!