COVER

How We Grew So Big (Cover Story)

Diet and lack of exercise are immediate causes—but the problem began in the Paleolithic era

Film Review (Cover Story)

Pigging Out to Make a Point

It's In to Be Thin in India (Cover Story)

Millions of Indians are undernourished, but an increasingly overweight middle class is longing to be lean

Singapore Shapes Up (Cover Story)

The Lion City's aggressive government programs show the benefits of a concerted, nationwide war on fat

ASIA

Thailand's Bloody Monday

In a day of horror, scores of Thai Muslims in the country's restive south die while in military custody, sparking outrage at home and abroad

Nuclear Shell Games

Whatever the history of South Korea's nuclear experiments, it doesn't bother the U.S. Why not?

BRIEFING

A Whole New Line (Notebook)

Pakistan's President takes a new approach to the age-old Kashmir dispute

Shock and Awe (Notebook)

After a season of typhoons, a deadly earthquake strikes Japan

Verbatim (Notebook)

Quotes of the week

BUSINESS

Dial M for Music

The mobile industry wants to turn your cell phone into a jukebox

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Brother Number One

A new biography of Pol Pot reveals the horrorand the incompetenceof his brutal reign

GLOBAL ADVISER

How 'Bout them Apples? (TIME Global Adviser)

A visit to the world's largest collection of fruit trees will whet your appetite

In Search of Sleep (TIME Global Adviser)

A new study shows that behavioral therapy works better against insomnia

Tech Watch (TIME Global Adviser)

Flower Drum Song