Researchers have uncovered more reason to believe that overweight, obese and severely obese people are considered less attractive and less desirable than their thinner counterparts, two studies have suggested. "Subjects were shown pictures and videos of tubby goo balls (fattys) and skinny minnys, and they universally selected thinner people as the ones they would rather give a ride to on a hot day when leather seats were involved," stated Karl Hannson, researcher at the University of Texas. (Associated Press)