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FILE - In this June 26, 2012, file photo, two women converse in New York. "Socially accepted normal body weight is shifting toward heavier weight. As more people around us are getting heavier, we simply believe we are fine, and no need to do anything with it," said Dr. Jian Zhang, a public health researcher at Georgia Southern University and the lead author in a study released on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) (AP)

Overeating could be a brain glitch

Laurel Mellin - The Conversation
(AP/Evan Vucci)

calamity in progress

Kali Holloway - Alternet
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How obese is your state?

Reynard Loki - Alternet
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Joanna Rothkopf
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Prachi Gupta
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-82570p1.html'>Vladislav Gajic</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=3844117'>slacroix </a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

Fat-shaming: Alive and well

Katie Halper

Hooters feeds on fatphobia

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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