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Full Title: Obesity storm in a double-D cup: More than half bras sold by Selfridges are 36DD or bigger up from 34B just 11 years ago "The British obesity crisis has been blamed for rapidly expanding busts across the country as the average bra size sold in Selfridges has gone from a B cup to Double D." "Department store will cater for women with K cups before the end of the year"

On Tuesday night, Stephanie Jaegers called her husband. She was having abdominal pain, she told him, and she needed to go to the hospital. She thought she had kidney stones. So Michael Jaegers and his wife went to a hospital near their home in Stockbridge, Georgia, they told WMAZ. Once they arrived, however, doctors quickly realized Stephanie’s pain was not the result of any kidney stone. She was about to give birth. The only thing was, Stephanie Jaegers didn’t even know she was pregnant, much less 38 weeks along and ready to deliver. Needless to say, the news came as...

While most Americans put on a few pounds for Thanksgiving, the federal government has been spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars researching why obese girls don’t have sex.The National Institute for Health grant allocated $466,642 to the Magee-Women’s Research Institute to study the sexual habits of obese girls, including how often they have sex and why they are less likely to use protection when they do.“Obese girls consistently report having fewer dating and sexual experiences, but more sexual risk behaviors [i.e., condom nonuse] once they are sexually active,” the study abstract states.Money from the 2014 study will also be...

The dinner bill for three friends at Chilly D's Restaurant stung, but it wasn't the price - printed on the top of the receipt were the words "Fat Girls". "I got the bill, I was looking at bill [and] I was like, 'Why does this receipt say 'fat girls?'" customer Christine Duran said. The friends had dined out at the Stockton, Calif., restaurant, which is a part of the Cameo Casino Restaurant, on Thursday. The bill lists charges for three tri-tips with fries and three sodas, for a total of $25.50. A bartender named Jeff had apparently typed in "Fat...

Meghan McCain watches the controversial new series Huge, about a fat camp for teenagers, and finds it to be provocative, funny, and important. There has been a lot of buzz recently about the new ABC Family show Huge, garnering it some mixed reviews and feedback. For those of you unfamiliar with Huge, the second episode of which aired Monday night, it is about characters at weight-loss camp, and stars Hairspray’s Nikki Blonsky and Hayley Hasselhoff (daughter of David). The show was created by Savannah Dooley and her mother, Winnie Holzman, of My So-Called Life fame. I should start by saying...

Supporters of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez line up in front the U.S. Embassy building during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 8, 2006. Supporters of President Hugo Chavez are marching to the U.S. Embassy to protest the war in Iraq, carrying a petition demanding an immediate pullout of U.S. troops. Chavez has called the war a glaring example of U.S. imperialism. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

First international erotic fair to be held in Belgrade Fri May 20, 1:02 PM ET BELGRADE (AFP) - The first ever erotic fair will be organized in Belgrade next weekend with the participation of international pin-up stars led by Playboy bunny Dita Von Teese, an official said. More than thirty movie distributors, erotic magazines, sex-shops and lingerie designers will take part in a three-day long fair, to be opened on May 26, Andjelko Tripkovic, manager of the Belgrade fair, told reporters. The decision to organize such fair came after a survey conducted in January, which has showed that a majority...

It's a furious fight to the finish and the White House is on the line. What are the campaign's last-minute plans? We'll be joined by Elizabeth Edwards (search), wife of vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards, and Liz Cheney (search), senior adviser on the Bush-Cheney campaign and daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney.