When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up? Chances are you weren't thinking in terms of being thin. Those wishes came with puberty. From then on so much time has been spent focusing on the outside that we've forgotten to take care of the inside.

Real Women Have Curves is the story of Ana (played by America Ferrera), a Latina teenager, during the summer of her 18th year. Ana is beautiful. Hourglass figure

Real Gorgeous is about body shapes, body parts, exercise, plastic surgery, fashion, dieting, advertising, modelling, eating disorders, responding to the body police

I receive a lot of emails from young women asking me what they should do to get into modeling.

Thirty-three year old Diana Rajchel has been blogging on Fat Chic for almost three years. She hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota but with the internet at her fingertips the world is her oyster especially when it comes to shopping. The plus size fashionista's blog focuses on "fashion

Since 1998, Prom Girl has been growing into an online community for young women looking for the dream prom, homecoming, formal or special occasion dress. Their head office is located in New York City, "in the heart of the fashion district".

Do obese women have complications during pregnancy? Certainly. Do "average" women have complications during pregnancy? Certainly. Is it possible for an overweight or obese woman not to have any complications during pregnancy? Yes.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It just makes sense that after 7-9 hours of sleep (starvation) to fuel your body for the day ahead. This is one of my favourite breakfasts

I get a lot of searches for plus size Halloween costumes for women at the Large & Lovely site. Here are ten regularly searched for Halloween costumes and where to get them. Bear in mind when searching for plus size costumes, unless

In an attempt to let the public get to know the women in the photos I asked them some questions about their experience and a few basic facts to help us relate to them.