Obese Thai monkey whose weight DOUBLED after eating junk food is sent to fat camp to get in shape

Godzilla gets sent to fat camp: Mega-monkey whose weight DOUBLED after being fed junk food at Thai market is rescued after video of the podgy primate went viral Godzilla has ballooned to more than double the average weight for his species and is over 20kg The three-year-old macaque lives at a market in Bangkok’s Min … Read more

Obese monkey overfed by Thai shoppers sparks comparisons to ‘Uncle Fatty’ who ‘ate himself to death’

Chunky monkey being killed with kindness: Tank top-wearing ‘Godzilla’ kept at Thai market balloons due to shoppers giving him junk food – sparking comparisons to ‘Uncle Fatty’ who ‘ate himself to death’ Godzilla has ballooned to more than double the average weight for his species The three-year-old macaque lives at a market in Bangkok’s Min … Read more

Obese nurse, 55, drops 8 dress sizes after £2,000 gastric mind therapy

A nurse who ballooned to nearly 16-and-a-half stone by gorging on five meals a day has shed eight dress sizes following £2,000 gastric mind therapy. Mother-of-one Reija Uski, 55, who lives in Spain, had previously visited British-run Elite clinic in southern Spain for help quitting smoking, which she did after two sessions of hypnosis.  Impressed by … Read more

Obese nurse, 55, drops 8 dress sizes after £2,000 gastric mind therapy

A nurse who ballooned to nearly 16-and-a-half stone by gorging on five meals a day has shed eight dress sizes following £2,000 gastric mind therapy. Mother-of-one Reija Uski, 55, who lives in Spain, had previously visited British-run Elite clinic in southern Spain for help quitting smoking, which she did after two sessions of hypnosis.  Impressed by … Read more

More than 73% of Americans who die of COVID are obese, CDC data show

Americans who are overweight or obese make up more than 73 percent of those who die of the virus, new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data reveal. People who were obese made up nearly half of all fatalities among hospitalized coronavirus patients logged in the new report.   Those figures align with the overall … Read more

Morbidly obese mother who weighed 31st branded ‘selfish’ for relying on daughter to look after her

A morbidly obese mother who weighed 31st and was branded ‘selfish’ for relying on her daughter to look after her when she was just 11-years-old revealed her 10st weight loss on Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People. Last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show caught up with those who appeared in the first series of the … Read more

Anthea Turner sparks row after posting rant about selfish attitudes with meme of obese disabled lady

Anthea Turner sparks furious row after posting fuming rant about ‘selfish attitudes’ with meme of obese disabled woman eating a McDonald’s berating younger person for not wearing a mask Turner, 60, triggered the row after posting ‘Go for it’ next to the cartoon image It showed a facemask wearing overweight woman in a motorised wheelchair … Read more

Obese Takeway addict loses 15 stone in a YEAR after gastric bypass surgery and now runs 5K a day

A man who ate a takeaway every day for a decade and ballooned to 30st has cut his diet from 7,000 calories a day to 700 – and lost 15st in a year. Joseph Ruthven, 28, from Bradford, said he was a recluse and felt embarrassed to see his mates when he weighed himself at … Read more

Children who identify as gay or transgender are 64% MORE likely to be obese

Children who identify as gay, bisexual or transgender are 64% MORE likely to be obese, study finds US-based researchers gave virtual questionnaires to almost 12,000 children   Average age was ten-years-old and asked about sexual and gender identity Sexual and gender minority (SGM) children are 64% more at risk of obesity 190 children (1.6%) identified as SGM, which includes gay … Read more

Video game players are NOT typically obese, but are healthier than the general public, study reveals

Video game players are NOT typically obese, but are healthier and in better shape than the general public, esports study reveals A survey of 1,400 gamers reveals they may be healthier than the general public They are 21% more likely to have a healthier weight than the average person Players are 7.8% more likely to … Read more