Overeating is the addiction of choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions. It's a way of fucking yourself up while still remaining fully functional, because you have to. Fat people aren't indulging in the 'luxury' of their addiction making them useless, chaotic, or a burden. Instead, they are slowly self-destructing in a way that doesn't inconvenience anyone. And that's why it's so often a woman's addiction of choice. All the quietly eating mums. All the KitKats in office drawers. All the unhappy moments, late at night, caught only in the fridge light.

My grandmother did all the cooking at Christmas. We ate fattened chicken. We would feed it even more so it would be big and fat.

Mine is the least fat diet in the world.

It's too bad we're not all teddy bears. More stuffing would only make us cuter and cuddlier.

Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat.

Fat bitch,' Kessa murmured as the door scraped closed behind Mrs. Stone.'She meant well, Francesca. And you see, everyone thinks you're too thin.'Since when is Mrs. Stone an authority on appearance. I've heard you say a thousand times that she looks like an old hooker.'I never said anything of the sort. What I said was that she wears too much makeup and her clothes are indiscreet.'Which means she looks like an old hooker. Well, if that's the way a woman is supposed to look, I'd rather be too skinny.' Kessa felt a flash of pleasure at the argument. Just let her mother try to push food into her now.

(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?

She's beautiful,' he murmured.'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia.'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston.

He thought that fat boys were probably only allowed to love pretty girls inside. If he told anyone how he felt (not that he had anyone to tell), that person would probably laugh until he had a heart-attack.

Adult obesity and overweight statistics have increased by about 50 percent since the Dietary Goals were announced. [by the federal government, in 1977] That bears repeating: a 50 percent increase in obesity/overweight correlated with a 10 percent decrease in fat content in the diet.