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# Humiliation

'Laughed at by shop assistants': 40% of overweight people abused on a weekly basis

This comes in a new study from Slimming World about the abuse faced.

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Jan 5th 2015, 1:05 PM

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'The bath cracked under my weight': The motivation to lose 20 stone in just three years

Bríanán McEnteggart was named Slimming World’s Woman of the Year today.

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Nov 11th 2014, 9:58 PM

# binge

Passing your drinking 'tipping point' can result in taking in a whopping 6,300 extra calories

Around half of drinkers surveyed said that passing their tipping point of units caused them to make unhealthy choices with food and to drink more than planned.

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Apr 25th 2014, 7:45 AM