South Bay Health & Fitness

Harsh health lesson was a good oneWhen I was a child, the word for anyone who was overweight was “fat.” Under-five-year-olds were called “Chubby.” By the time I was in kindergarten, I was called “Fat Betty.” There was no such thing as political correctness.I first heard it on the playground when some members of my class were playing baseball. When I came to bat, one of the other players — Marvin Hansen, a fat boy at that—said, “There’s Fat Betty” so everyone could h