A Photographer Documents Her Struggle With Obesity
Source: Design Taxi
Increasingly seen in both developed and developing countries, obesity is quickly becoming a global health epidemic. In developed countries, the challenges are particularly acute: we present an often unattainable and unhealthy model of physical perfection while effectively subsidizing the production and consumption of foods that will only hurt us and our national spending on health. This doesn’t even begin to touch how such conditions affect one’s psychological health. Aware of these complexities, photographer Jen Davis puts a human–and incredibly vulnerable–face to the issue, presenting obesity in a way often missing from public health journals and talk show punditry. We encourage you to look at more at Design Taxi.
Source: Design Taxi
Source: Design Taxi
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Nikola Tesla
Source: All That Is Interesting
Greatly overshadowed by his famous employer, Thomas Edison, Serbian-born inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla is known mostly as the mastermind behind the AC induction motor and the Tesla coil. While Tesla enjoyed a successful career as an inventor, he displayed many asocial behaviors and didn’t have any documented romantic relationships; he ultimately ended up financially destitute and alone. Having become more eccentric with each passing year, Tesla amassed a list of odd behaviors that accompany his legacy of preternatural brilliance. We’ve rounded up 10 fascinating pieces of the “mad man’s” life at All That Is Interesting for your enjoyment.
