Living Well

Kids get fatter if they don't sleep

We know that in order to lose weight easily, you need to get enough sleep.  If your body doesn't get enough sleep, it tries to commensate by getting more energy from food.  Now they've proven the same thing with children - "kids who get less sleep weigh more":

Children who get less sleep tend to weigh more five years later

Female body over time

Here's an interesting look at women's bodies in history over time.  You can see that the ideal didn't used to be our model thin look ...  BoingBoing pointed me at the original post.