Australia's Macquarie Dictionary on Wednesday named "muffin top" the word of the year. In this case, muffin top does not mean the top of a muffin - it refers to the roll of fat that overflows out of the top of low-cut or too-tight jeans. Muffin top topped the list in an online Macquerie Dictionary poll, despite the American Dialect Society's nomination for "whale tail," a term for the part of G-string underwear that shows over the waistband of low-cut pants. A whale tail can be either intentional or unintentional.

A nine-year-old cat was named U. K. pet slimmer of the year after shedding 2kg, or 4. 4 pounds, on a strict diet and lots of exercise. The cat owner Helen Ebrahim, said Willie used to be so fat because of eating too much back when they were still living in the U. S. However, the cat started shedding some weight when his owner moved to Pembrokeshire, England three years ago.

Women today are taking extreme measures to look young and opting for anti-wrinkle treatments. However, many beauticians take advantage of this fact and use cheap products on their customers to earn profits. A California beautician was sentenced to 15 years in prison following a death of her client after she injected cooking oil into her client instead of "French polymer" agent that promised to reduce wrinkles. Martha Mata Vasquez, 39, injected Mazola corn oil into the buttocks of clients and charged up to $1,400 for each procedure. The 46-year-old victim Maria Olivia Castillo died in November 2005 of multiple organ failure caused by a fat blockage brought about by a cooking oil injection.