For women, being overweight decreases the probability of being employed by 15.2%, on average, but there is no such penalty for overweight men. Being underweight is a different story: It decreases ...

Getty A woman is speaking candidly about the anxiety she is facing tied to attending a party as a "fat" individual. In a post on the U.K.-based forum Mumsnet, the woman wrote that her friend is ...

For women in China ... having your weight commented on is so common that few think there’s anything wrong with it. “If you’re fat then people around you will just tell you – it’s ...