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Elizabeth Fedorchalk was tired of being fat. She had been trying to lose weight since elementary school, but diets never made a difference. She wasn't husky. She wasn't big-boned. By age 16, the 5-ft. 5-in., 291-lb. high school junior from Holts Summit, Mo., was undeniably obese. And each year, it was only getting worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Obesity Rehab for Kids Work? | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...weight-loss program was designed by Northwestern University Medical Center professor Daniel Kirschenbaum, who used to run a number of clinical obesity programs in Chicago-area hospitals. Students are served three perfectly proportioned meals a day and are asked to note everything they eat in a journal. Calorie and fat counts are displayed on a whiteboard in Wellspring's cafeteria, making it easy for kids to copy them down. The diet, which allows for unlimited access to fruits and vegetables, works out to about 1,300 calories per day and results in 1 to 5 lb. of weight loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Obesity Rehab for Kids Work? | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

Every meal at Wellspring is basically a fat-free re-creation of something unhealthy. In their nutrition and cooking classes, kids learn to make mozzarella sticks with fat-free cheese and PB&J sandwiches with imitation peanut butter. They're nowhere near as tasty as the original versions, but the kids seem to like them, and at least they don't feel deprived. "A lot of parents ask me why we don't serve organic health foods," says Craig, "to which I say, Is your kid really going to eat that?" (See the 10 worst fast food meals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Obesity Rehab for Kids Work? | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...fairly well"). Claiming he was treated "like a terrorist" and vowing revenge against the carrier (the Smodcast is titled "Go [Rude Condemnation], Southwest Airlines"), he says he fears the incident will haunt him to death and beyond: "That's what it's gonna say on my grave: Too Fat to Fly - TFTF." The event was impromptu, engaging and oddly equitable; Smith has the gift of seeing himself as a figure not just of Jedi righteousnes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kevin Smith's Cop Out: Too Flabby to Fly | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

Though they describe themselves as normal fans, HSAC likes to look at the quirkier side of athletics. “I looked at whether fat coaches were doing any worse than normal-weight coaches,” Roher said. “I had to find 120 coaches, so for each coach I looked at a bunch of pictures of them on Google Images and coded zero—no, they’re not fat and—one—yes, they...

Author: By Natalie duP. C. Panno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scrutinizing Sports | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

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