"F" Is For Fleshy

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/t-magazine/22face-merkin-t.html

Here is the link to the New York Times story called The F Word about why we yearn to be thin.

I didn't find my answer, perhaps you will, so I am passing it on.

The most interesting thing I got out of it was that the word obese once meant "having eaten well" until the 19th-century when it became pejorative.

Other than that the author, Daphne Merkin, tells us that fashion designers only want skinny models, regular women want to look at skinny people in ads, and that there is something ingrained in all of us to want to be thin. No kidding. This is news? This is a weight story worthy of the New York Times?

It's a rehash of all the usual gripes, with no real information about why flesh is bad, thin is good.

Again, maybe it's just me. See for yourself.

Also, the Style Channel is now airing a show called Too Fat for Fifteen. http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/toofatfor15/index.jsp

It is not a "contest", no one gets voted off, or humiliated. It has no "comic" element like HUGE. It is rather heartbreaking to see teens who have acted out with food now go through this regimen to get healthy again. It is painful to watch, but I do as a small way to support their efforts.