Tara Ison is the author of the novels The List and A Child out of Alcatraz, and the forthcoming short story collection Ball. Her work has appeared in Tin House, Black Clock, The Kenyon Review, Nerve.com, and numerous anthologies. For more info, see www.taraison.com
An Epidemic of Hidden Fat – The Week headline, April 20, 2012 “A 55-year-old woman who looks great in a dress could have very little muscle and mostly body fat, and a…