Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I’m not what you might call a pretty eater. Indeed, my judgment on a sandwich is often informed by how much of ...

Q: Every time my son visits me he gets after me about my weight. I admit I’m on the heavy side, but I don’t see what difference it makes since I’m happy and I don’t have any health problems. After all ...

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Q: Every time my son visits me, he gets after me about my weight. I admit I’m on the heavy side, but I don’t see what difference it makes since I’m happy and I don’t have any health problems. After ...

Something else happened surrounding my 60th birthday the last week of November. A couple of days before, Carey had asked what I wanted to do for my birthday. I had already told her I didn’t want a ...

QUESTION: Every time my son visits me he gets after me about my weight. I admit I’m on the heavy side, but I don’t see what difference it makes since I’m happy and I don’t have any health problems.

On Thursday, millions of Americans will gorge on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and pumpkin pie. Many of us will try not to make total gluttons of ourselves, as that is generally frowned ...