From movies to television, obesity is still considered "fair game" for jokes and ridicule. A new study from researchers at Bowling Green State University took a closer look at weight-related humor to ...

For years, the ‘fat funny friend’ was one of the few ways fat women were allowed to exist on screen. Loud, self-deprecating, endlessly available for mockery, the fat actress was never the lead unless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1.David DeLuise "didn't like that they made the fat jokes" about his character, Jerry Russo, on Wizards of Waverly Place. Ron Tom ...

“Love Actually” writer-director Richard Curtis admitted at the Times and Sunday Times’ Cheltenham Literature Festival (via Today) that he regrets the many weight-centric jokes he wrote into his 2003 ...

Thinking about watching 'Jordan Makin: The BFFG (The Big Fat Funny Ginger)' at home? We’ve rounded up ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can choose your ...

On behalf of the 39.5 percent of Americans who are obese and the 34.2 percent who are merely chubby, a heartfelt “thanks” to Chris Christie for not running. He saved us 1,461 straight days of fat ...