Plus-size influencers like Virgie Tovar are speaking out against paid offers to get on a weight-loss medication. (via Instagram) “It didn’t even start to register as a phenomenon. I thought it was ...

After a car accident, Mandy Smith had to take a year off from exercise. She gained 100 pounds over the course of one year. When the 43-year-old, who struggled with disordered fitness and eating for ...

Nichole likes to begin events with a "mini meditation," asking attendees to put a hand on their chest, close their eyes, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Virgie Tovar covers how weight bias affects culture. Until recently we as a culture were witnessing a proliferation of plus-size ...

A plus size model who had to take a job at Greggs after struggling to find work due to rise in weight loss jabs says agencies “no longer want people who look like people”. Megan Byrne, 26, has been a ...

Years of fatphobia and a comment from my doctor inspired me to become a marathoner. I'm plus-size and don't fit the image of a traditional runner but have finished eight marathons. This is an adapted ...