What Being Fat Does To Your Penis

A fat penis-like cucumber in the grip of a mannequin's hand

First of all let’s quickly disappoint the millions of Googlers who arrived at this page after searching for “fat penis”. It’s not that kind of article. Sorry. Still here? Good. We thought it was time to talk about penises. Specifically, we thought we should talk openly and honestly about what being overweight and obese does to your penis. It’s really not […]

DNAFit Review – Are Your Genes Making You Fat?

Cost – From £99. What is it? Genetic testing that reveals your strengths and weaknesses for dieting and working out. Where do you get it from? www.dnafit.com Is it worth the money? Yes. Some DNA yesterday. It’s been over 50 years since Francis Crick and James Watson won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their research uncovering […]

Five Best IFTTT Recipes for Weight Loss

If you don’t know how IFTTT works then let us explain it to you – oh wait, we just did! IFTTT (If That, Then This) is a website that allows you to link applications and have them communicate with each other when triggered by a predetermined action. Let ME help YOU For example, if you’re the […]

MAN v FAT talks to FUBAR Radio About Weight Loss

FUBAR radio wanted to talk about all things to do with weight loss, so “devilishly handsome” editor Andrew Shanahan readied his radio voice and spoke to Balls of Steel’s Mark Dolan and uber-WAG Lizzie Cundy. Listen up… Do you think there’s a way to make this sort of conversation work? Or have you ever had […]

What Do Religions Say About Dieting?

As we come up to Lent, the traditional time in the Christian calendar when we prepare for Easter by going without chocolate (just as Jesus did) we thought it might be interesting to set Seamus Hilley loose to see what the world’s religions have to say on the subject of dieting. As it turns out, […]

Five Lessons The Simpsons Taught Us About Fatness

When Matt Groening conceived The Simpsons way back in the cube-gleaming, flash-dancing, jazzercising ‘80s, he somehow saw past Yuppie fads like nouvelle cuisine and exercise to successfully foresee the obesity epidemic that was set to sweep America.  By our reckoning, roughly a third of the Springfieldianites who comprised the cast of the first season could […]

The Comments You’ll Find Under Every Weight Loss Article

Occasionally, said Alan Partridge, I dost venture South. What Alan means, of course, is that he’s sometimes tempted to stray below the line and read the comments on an online article. Venture South enough times when you read articles about health and diet and you’ll experience an overwhelming sense of déjà vu. It’s always these same […]

MAN v FAT Talks Male Weight Loss With Australian TV

On the MAN v FAT Weight Loss Manual promo tour, we’ve reached Australia, where I got the chance to talk men and weight loss with David Campbell from Channel 9 Mornings. FUN TRIVIA: As we were talking all I could hear was Foreigner sound-checking As Cold As Ice, which is why I look a bit confused […]

How Do You Beat The Beer Belly?

Beer: the heavenly-hopped beauty gives us so much that it seems churlish to ever say a bad word about her – but as well as the dubious gift of hangovers, there is another present that we’d all far rather not receive, the beer belly. We get a lot of question about how to get rid […]