All Woman

Being fat really affects you

A proliferation of North American media images profiling stick-thin women as the new sexy has not done much to deter the average Jamaican man from seeking out a  woman with a little fat on her bones when searching for a mate.

But while fat is still considered sexy in some quarters, the extra pounds do add up to a lot of challenges for overweight women who are seldom immune from the raft of social, medical and psychological issues brought on by their extra weight.

See full story in Monday’s All Woman

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