elektro_c and I watched an edition of Frontline recently that was about fad diets and weight loss, and I came away from it wondering these very things, as well as with some anger over the fact that we cannot have a conversation about the weight/health relationship in this country without making people feel like shit about themselves. You know, it's just all this THE FATTENING OF AMERICA!!! crap, with endless camera angles highlighting people's asses and stomachs, and very little discussion of what it actually means to be healthy independent of a person's total body mass. Healthy weight varies by individual; as long as you're eating well and getting some exercise, I see no reason why we need to hold ourselves to some crazy-ass super-skinny standard that most people can only achieve by depriving themselves constantly, regarding the consumption of foods that they love as some sort of moral failing.
ARGH! *&%!@$!@#$ I could go on, but I'll stop now. ;)
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Date: 2004-04-16 09:17 am (UTC)ARGH! *&%!@$!@#$ I could go on, but I'll stop now. ;)