Links!

This 2007 interview with Linda Bacon, author of Health at Every Size (review here).
From New York Times writer Gina Kolata, a discussion of various types of medical studies and how to read them (skeptically). The accompanying graphic is cool too.
From Noël Figart, The Unfit Person’s Guide to Fitness. I found this to be [...]

Why go shopping with thinner friends…

…especially if you don’t wear normal department-store sizes and your friend does?   Simple.
Because even though my size 14/16/18 friend can find so many more clothes of her size to try on, she still has to deal with:

Inconsistent sizing.   (That’s why she’s a size 14/16/18 friend ; ) 
Clothes that aren’t cut for her body.  
Clothes that fit [...]