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>A little research on osteoporosis will show that fat people generally
>don't suffer this malady. It's a horrible, life-ruining ailment that
>strikes only the thin, so of course it's not a cause for changing body
>shape like, say, high blood pressure or other "diseases" that are
>characteristic of fat people. You'd never catch a doctor telling a
>scrawny middle-aged woman to put on some weight, even if it would save
>her years of being bedridden with a broken pelvis later on. Yet any
>doctor is likely to suggest weight loss to a fat patient with elevated
>blood pressure, who has no other symptoms of health problems.
Quite often over here in Old Blighty, apart from the usual attacks on obesity,
are attacks at the other end of the spectrum - thinness in young girls, young
women. It seems the drive to be supermodel thin, as pushed by the media - after
all, any female above a size 10 is obviously a lesser mortal, totally
unattractive, scum that is not worthy of the time of day, etc, etc - is having
a noticeable adverse effect. Seems osteoporosis is on the up. Women in their
20s are shown to have bone densities expected to be found in women in thier
60s. Why? The drive and pressure to be *thin* as per media stereotypical images
of what beautiful is, means too many girls & young women are avoiding the main
sources of calciumin their eating habits - not enough dairy produce is eaten.
Nor are girls & young women doing exercise - it simply isn't seen as something
girls do. But what the heck, at least they are going to die looking beautiful,
so that's okay then :-/
One of my current pet hate adverts is a Weightwatchers one - where you get all
the blurb about losing weight with images of happy, smiling, thin women and the
end shot is of the thin bride coming out of the church on the arm of hubby.
Makes me want to puke - the inference is quite clear. Blech...
I am indeed fatter than a size 10, but I can get on my bike and cycle 50+ miles
and enjoy it, and I take part in club TTs for the sheer fun of participating,
and the other day I sailed past a callow youth on a mountain bike up a hill
Cheers, helen s
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>don't suffer this malady. It's a horrible, life-ruining ailment that
>strikes only the thin, so of course it's not a cause for changing body
>shape like, say, high blood pressure or other "diseases" that are
>characteristic of fat people. You'd never catch a doctor telling a
>scrawny middle-aged woman to put on some weight, even if it would save
>her years of being bedridden with a broken pelvis later on. Yet any
>doctor is likely to suggest weight loss to a fat patient with elevated
>blood pressure, who has no other symptoms of health problems.
Quite often over here in Old Blighty, apart from the usual attacks on obesity,
are attacks at the other end of the spectrum - thinness in young girls, young
women. It seems the drive to be supermodel thin, as pushed by the media - after
all, any female above a size 10 is obviously a lesser mortal, totally
unattractive, scum that is not worthy of the time of day, etc, etc - is having
a noticeable adverse effect. Seems osteoporosis is on the up. Women in their
20s are shown to have bone densities expected to be found in women in thier
60s. Why? The drive and pressure to be *thin* as per media stereotypical images
of what beautiful is, means too many girls & young women are avoiding the main
sources of calciumin their eating habits - not enough dairy produce is eaten.
Nor are girls & young women doing exercise - it simply isn't seen as something
girls do. But what the heck, at least they are going to die looking beautiful,
so that's okay then :-/
One of my current pet hate adverts is a Weightwatchers one - where you get all
the blurb about losing weight with images of happy, smiling, thin women and the
end shot is of the thin bride coming out of the church on the arm of hubby.
Makes me want to puke - the inference is quite clear. Blech...
I am indeed fatter than a size 10, but I can get on my bike and cycle 50+ miles
and enjoy it, and I take part in club TTs for the sheer fun of participating,
and the other day I sailed past a callow youth on a mountain bike up a hill
Cheers, helen s
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to get correct one remove fame & fortune
h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$
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