February 23, 2004 Issue
Cover Story
Fear of Fat
No kid likes being fat. But for overweight youngsters in this thinnest (and vainest) of cities, the scrutiny can be particularly fierce. And now, with childhood obesity in the news, fat-phobic New York parents are trying on their children—even toddlers—the same trendy diets, workout sessions, and pricey nutritionists that worked for them. They’re battling schools over carbs in the cafeteria, doctors over how much baby fat is healthy, and those most intractable of diet-busters: genes.
Features
End of the Road Show
John Kerry looked like he was ready for Mount Rushmore. But it took Dean’s challenge to teach him to talk that way, too. By Chris Smith. More charming than Kerry, glibber than Clark, better morals than Bubba. Edwards is the candidate with everything—except enough delegates. By Meryl Gordon. The last days of the Dean dream. By Lisa DePaulo. New York City had a passionate fling with a general. But in the cold gray dawn of primary season, his stars didn’t glitter as brightly. By Steve Fishman.
Departments
Letters to the Editor
Readers sound off on John Simon's review of Aunt Dan and Lemon.
Smart City
Best of New York
Reap the benefits of yoga with John Wehr’s Thai massage
Best Bets
We see you in yellow—from Façonnable boxers, to electro earrings, to a Chanel patent- leather clutch
Shop Talk
A Japanese home store with a sense of play.
Test Drive
Searching for the city’s best salmon to blissify your bagel
Sales & Bargains
Deal of the Week: Evolution’s cowhide rug
Plus, sales at Intermix, Selima Optique, and Calvin Klein
Ask New York
Where can I find a trustworthy handyman?
Intelligencer
Intelligencer Column
Lizzie Grubman's next Hamptons move. Plus, Rick Solomon on the new and improved Paris Hilton sex tape.
Mating Game
If Kerry wins the nomination, who should be his running mate?
Bible Studies
Shmuley Boteach on Mel Gibson’s controversial Passion—and who killed Jesus.
Trend-Spotting
When did 7th on Sixth become the Serengeti? Since leopard became the "It" fur.
Fur Trade
Huge hats jump from front row to runway.
Gait Check
Runway coach J. Alexander rates the season’s struts. (The Belgian girls get their walking papers.)
Columnists
This Media Life
Martha as McCarthy victim: Why haven’t her rich peers stepped up to the plate?
The Download
After six years of Sex and the City, the country is up in arms over a ripped bodice. What gives?
Cityside
Why more licensing isn’t what the nightlife industry needs to fight noise or violence in (and around) clubs
Naked City
Women aren’t the only ones who sometimes fake it
Ridge and Tunnel
Park Slope exiles are eyeing the land of Tony Manero.
Critics
Movies
The Big Animal busts its hump for a smart Polish joke
Theater
Rudnick’s Valhalla misses its mark, if not its punch lines
Pop Music
Norah Jones’s sophomore disc is another warm bath
Dance
Lawrence Goldhuber kicks narcissism up a notch
TV Notes
John Leonard reviews Crash of Flight 111, Until the Violence Stops, A Place of Our Own and more.
Classical Music
Tracking Weill’s theater music and Charpentier’s operas
Underground Gourmet
Heady Cajun-Creole fare at stripped-down Natchez
The Week
New on DVD
This week's releases: Runaway Jury, Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator and more
Restaurant Openings & Buzz
Per Se and Masa: Two of the most anticipated restaurants of the year open this week at the it’s-not-a-mall Time Warner Center. (Are these, therefore, not the food court?)
Saint Booze
After saving himself from alcohol, Bill Wilson founded AA and saved millions of others. But Susan Cheever forgives him his other addictions.
Top Five
"No Wave" Rockers
The invasion of knobs and drums begins.
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