ThatFatGirl
Why am I still here?
Potentially interesting program with a couple of familiar faces airs this Wednesday, January 20 at 10 pm Eastern on National Geographic channel.
"Taboo: Fat"
In much of the West thin is beautiful, and fat is taboo. But a new health epidemic is sweeping the planet: obesity. We follow the story of Alan, who at 650 pounds is imprisoned in his own bedroom. In Mauritania mothers risk the health of their daughters by force-feeding them to fatten them for marriage. In the U.S.A., Deidra, a 450 pound model is fat, proud and happy. And 24 "plus size" women push the ideals of beauty when they compete in the Miss Plus America Pageant.
Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/taboo/4597/Overview#ixzz0cwIHRaEB
"Taboo: Fat"
In much of the West thin is beautiful, and fat is taboo. But a new health epidemic is sweeping the planet: obesity. We follow the story of Alan, who at 650 pounds is imprisoned in his own bedroom. In Mauritania mothers risk the health of their daughters by force-feeding them to fatten them for marriage. In the U.S.A., Deidra, a 450 pound model is fat, proud and happy. And 24 "plus size" women push the ideals of beauty when they compete in the Miss Plus America Pageant.
Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/taboo/4597/Overview#ixzz0cwIHRaEB
