Media in the west has strongly contributed to the idea that being a thin, petite woman is the ideal, that it’s sexier. With society’s most celebrated models being at least a size zero, and generally five-feet, nine-inches tall, it’s a fairly unrealistic expectation for the majority of women.

This is a crazy world we live in with a global pandemic, gyms closed, depression mounting, nutrition lacking and coping mechanisms trying to save today... and tomorrow .... and then next... and so on.

One in four Canadian adults, 23.9 — 26.4 per cent, are reportedly obese with projections continuing to rise over the next 20 years. These predictions also happen to see a trend that shows its more prevalent in the male population.