LOS ANGELES -- Playing the heavy in Hollywood has gotten a whole new meaning. Instead of villainous roles, it now also applies to thin people putting on so-called fat suits -- mainly for laughs. But ...

We have all heard that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But how does it work? And does personal preference include preferred body type? This question is particularly significant in a day and age ...

According to data collected at Rice University and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, overweight men are just as likely to be discriminated against as overweight women—specifically in the ...