how many times in a group photograph you hide behind somebody else because in your own words, "you're feeling 'a bit fat'". How many times

The difference between fat and health (and why it is important to know)

We have numerous studies showing that weight cycling (losing weight and gaining weight repeatedly) is bad for our health and this is in conflict with the multibillion dollar diet industry. If there was a diet that actually worked for everybody, then we would all know about it and medics would be recommending it. It doesn't exist. The diet industry is completely based on the idea that diets fail, so they can carry on making more money.

People have no qualms about talking about your body here. Men walk past me in the street and tell me I am fat. Women prod my stomach...