As waistlines keep expanding, so too do beauty resortsthe places that thin people like to call fat farms. Once the exclusive retreats of aging women seeking youth in a steam box, these all-purpose spas are now catering to a new clientele: the flabby, frazzled American male. Associate Editor Ray Kennedy, 5 ft. 10 in., 185 Ibs., recently took the cure at La Costa, near San Diego, Calif. His report on one of the U.S.'s newest and most lavish spas:
Though the La Costa brochure promises a "new you," a newcomer's first reaction is embarrassment...
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