Who's too fat?

[Suzie]

Who's too fat?


By MARGARET WENTE
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail


It's tough to be me these days. Always a pleasingly plump person, I'm ashamed to say I'm inching over the line to something worse. I blame my hormones, my lack of character. Whatever, my body-mass index is nearly 25.

As every woman knows, your BMI is your weight in kilograms divided by your height in

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[Timberwolf]

I'm in health care (massage therapist)...I'd MUCH rather my clients were 30-40 lbs overweight than 1 lb underweight. My rationale is that the body needs a certain amount of fat to properly utilize the fat soluble vitamins (A,D,E, & K).

Also, this "heroin chic" or "Twiggy" look is for the birds. Whoever dreamed that up ought to be hung by the privates until reproduction is no longer possible.

[ducktapehero]

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Timberwolf said:
Also, this "heroin chic" or "Twiggy" look is for the birds. Whoever dreamed that up ought to be hung by the privates until reproduction is no longer possible.

[/ QUOTE ]I agree, I am not a freak who likes land whales but I just can't understand how anyone can find them attractive. They look like they should be passed out downtown in a big city with a needle sticking out of their arm. How can no butt and no boobs be considered attractive. Maybe I'm a pig but it just looks like they're almost dead. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon125.gif

[Keith J]

It is the poofta designers. Yes, they design the crap and want models to wear it so they demand the models to look like little boys...it is very sick.

Ulterior motives? They want guys to desire their women to look like little boys, futher greying the gender lines???