Neatorama » obese http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:42:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Freak Show Fat http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/19/freak-show-fat/ http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/19/freak-show-fat/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:00:23 +0000 Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/?p=30847

Pictured is Chauncy Morlan, who once made a living as a side show fat man. People paid money to look at him, because he was so unusually obese. A hundred years later, you can walk into any buffet restaurant and see a dozen people bigger than Morlan. Adam Ozimek at Modeled Behavior wonders what size people we will consider normal or freakish 100 years from now. Link -via TYWKIWDBI

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At 650 pounds, David Smith contemplated suicide. But then he decided to lose the weight, and dropped 410 pounds in a little over two years.

“I decided that the best way to get over my fear was to destroy it … and the best way to be seen is on television,” he wrote. So he contacted KTVK, a local television station that had a feature hosted by fitness and nutrition guru Chris Powell. After some initial hesitation, Powell took Smith on.

Now 240 pounds, Smith is a certified trainer. The documentary is called “The 650-pound Virgin” and will air Sunday night on TLC. Link (with video) -via Digg

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