A first-of-its-kind dating website for people ‘larger than life’ has come up in Britain, that also says slim people ‘need not apply’.
Around 1,000 people flocked to the site – FunPie.co.uk – in the first 12 hours of its opening in the first week of January.
The self-confessed dating site for ‘large folk’ invited people with ‘natural curves’ to join up to ‘share some big love’, The Sun reported.
Now, a dating website for fat people!
Money stresses in countries like the UK and US could explain their higher obesity levels, compared with countries such as Norway and Sweden.
The study, in Economic and Human Biology, compared obesity in 11 affluent countries from 1994 to 2004.
Taking into account research into animal behaviour which shows that animals increase their food intake when faced with uncertainty, the Oxford researchers believed that stress could be a factor in causing people to overeat.
The study found that the more market-liberal countries stand out as having high levels of obesity – one-third more obesity on average – and higher rates of obesity growth
BBC News – Obesity linked to money insecurity in affluent nations
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The Fattest Place on Earth – ABC News
