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Fatty (other)
Fatty is a derogatory term for someone who is obese. It may refer also to: People Nickname * Roscoe Arbuckle (1887–1933), American actor and comedian * Fatty Briody (1858–1903), American Major League Baseball player * Bob Fothergill (1897–1938), American Major League Baseball outfielder * William Foulke (footballer) (1874–1916), English cricketer and footballer * Richard Lamb (1907–1974), Australian racing cyclist * Fatty Lawrence (1903–1976), American college gridiron football player * W. T. McLain (1885–1938), American college gridiron football player, lawyer and politician * Charles H. Smith (American football), University of Michigan football player in 1893–1894 * Fatty Taylor (1946–2017), retired American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association player * Paul Vautin (born 1959), Australian former rugby league footballer and coach, television presenter and commentator * Thomas Walsh (mobster) (died 1929), New York City mobster * Fatty W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it may negatively affect health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over ; the range is defined as overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. Obesity has individual, socioeconomic, and environmental causes. Some known causes are diet, physical activity, automation, urbanization, genetic susceptibility, medications, mental disorders, economic policies, endocrine disorders, and exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals. While a majority of obese individuals at any given time are attempting to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatty George
Franz Georg Pressler (24 April 1927 – 29 March 1982), known by the stage name Fatty George was an Austrian jazz clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...tist. References 1927 births 1982 deaths {{jazz-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fats (other)
Fats or FATS may refer to: * More than one type of fat, one of the three main macronutrients, along with carbohydrate and protein People with the nickname "Fats" * Harmonica Fats (1927–2000), American blues harmonica player who was active in the 1950s through to the 1990s * Hollywood Fats (1954–1986), American blues guitarist, active in Los Angeles, California * Fats Dantonio (1918–1993), American Major League Baseball catcher * Alex Delvecchio (born 1931), Canadian hockey player * Fats Domino (1928–2017), American rock and roll singer and pianist * Fats Everett (1915–1969), American politician * Peter Fatialofa (1959–2013), Samoan rugby player * Bob Fothergill (1897–1938), American Major League Baseball player * Fats Heard (1923–1987), American jazz drummer * Fats Jenkins (1898–1968), American Negro leagues baseball and barnstorming basketball player * Frank Kalin (1917–1975), American Major League Baseball outfielder * Fats Kaplin, American fiddler * Antho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fat (other)
Fat is an oily or greasy organic substance. Fat or FAT may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature * ''Fat'' (novel), by Rob Grant * "Fat", a short story by Raymond Carver from the collection ''Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?'' Music * ''Fat'' (EP), by American punk rock band the Descendents * "Fat" (song), a parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad" by Weird Al Yankovic * "Fat", a song by Violent Femmes from the album '' 3'' * "Fat", a song by Lindemann from the album ''Skills in Pills'' Television * "Fat" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), an episode in season 7 of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' * ''The Fat'', a former Australian television sports talk show Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Fat'' (film), a 2013 indie drama film * Wo Fat, Steve McGarrett's archenemy in the television series ''Hawaii Five-O'' * Fashion Architecture Taste, an art and architecture collective based in London Military * FAT (torpedo), a type of torpedo used by Germany durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike "Prince Fatty" Pelanconi
Mike Pelanconi, better known under his record name Prince Fatty, is a British sound engineer and record producer. Origin of Prince Fatty In 2005, the clothing company Stüssy put together a line inspired by the vivid, rootsy styles of Jamaica to commemorate their 25th anniversary, and looked to create a limited-edition single to complement it.Taylor, Angus (2007)Authentic sounding yet shamelessly retro..., BBC, 11 July 2007, retrieved 2010-10-31 Inspired by the optimistic, laidback vibe of Jamaica in the early 1970s, Pelanconi was part of a group created by Nasser Bouzida and Trevor Harding of Big Boss Man called "Prince Fatty," meant as a tongue-in-cheek reference to King Tubby. The instrumental track they wrote and played, "Nina's Dance," was unexpectedly successful, getting airplay on BBC Radio 1. Following its success, Prince Fatty decided to create an album length homage to what he considered one of the most vibrant eras in Jamaican music. Survival of the Fattest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatty And George
Fatty and George is an Australian children's sci-fi television series from 1981 produced by the Tasmanian Film Corporation for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series consisted of 10 episodes of 25-minute duration. The series follows the adventures of a brother and sister as they try to discover the whereabouts of their scientist father, whilst being pursued by an evil woman and her henchman. Synopsis Fatty and his sister George are two ordinary kids whose scientist father is experimenting with time travel. One day things go very wrong and he becomes trapped in a limbo-like dimension. Worse still, the rod-like crystal at the heart of his experiment is sought after by the wealthy and evil Nancy, who ruthlessly pursues the siblings in order to possess it. The crystal has the power to freeze time around the bearer, thus the consequences of it falling into the wrong hands could be potentially devastating. With the help of their friend Izzy, aunty Kath and grandad Bert, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Find-Outers
''The Five Find-Outers and Dog'', also known as ''The Five Find-Outers'', is a series of children's mystery books written by Enid Blyton. The first was published in 1943 and the last in 1961. Set in the fictitious village of Peterswood based on Bourne End, close to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the children Fatty (Frederick Trotteville), who is the leader of the team, Larry (Laurence Daykin), Pip (Philip Hilton), Daisy (Margaret Daykin), Bets (Elizabeth Hilton) and Buster, Fatty's dog, encounter a mystery almost every school holiday, always solving the puzzle before Mr Goon, the unpleasant village policeman, much to his annoyance. Characters The Five Find-Outers and Dog * Frederick Algernon "Fatty" Trotteville – the leader of the Five Find-Outers from the third book on, when he justifies his leadership by demonstrating how to use invisible ink and how to escape from a locked room. He is given the nickname Fatty by the other children because of his initials, Frederick Alg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bash Street Kids
''The Bash Street Kids'' is a comic strip in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. It also appeared briefly in The Wizard as series of prose stories in 1955. The strip, created by Leo Baxendale as ''When the Bell Rings'', first appeared in issue 604 (dated February 1954). It became ''The Bash Street Kids'' in 1956 and has become a regular feature, appearing in every issue. Since 1961, David Sutherland has drawn about 2,100 strips. History Like many long-running UK comic strips, ''The Bash Street Kids'' is mostly frozen in the era when it began. It portrays Class 2B of the Bash Street School in Beanotown, where the teacher and headmaster wear gowns and the students sit at wood desks with inkwells. They are taught by a stereotypical "Teacher", whose wife is "Mrs Teacher". The characters were inspired by the view from the D. C. Thomson & Co. office windows, overlooking the High School of Dundee playground. According to Leo Baxendale, "In fact, the catalyst for my creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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