Wellness

[terriebear]

As Americans become more and more heavy, becoming plus size is more and more of the norm.  Almost all shoes, and now tall boots come in wide calf widths to accomodate this.  Sixty-seven percent have a BMI of over 25 which is considered overweight, and thirty-five percent are considered obese.  Clothing manufacturers have also gone along with this trend by lowering the sizes to make women happy.  I weight what I used to weigh in the 70's, but I wear 6 sizes smaller.  Here is an interesting article that speaks about this.   http://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

[QVCkitty1]

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@terriebear wrote:

As Americans become more and more heavy, becoming plus size is more and more of the norm.  Almost all shoes, and now tall boots come in wide calf widths to accomodate this.  Sixty-seven percent have a BMI of over 25 which is considered overweight, and thirty-five percent are considered obese.  Clothing manufacturers have also gone along with this trend by lowering the sizes to make women happy.  I weight what I used to weigh in the 70's, but I wear 6 sizes smaller.  Here is an interesting article that speaks about this.   http://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

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I agree about the sizing, but as to the boots, even when I was skinny, some boots wouldn't fit my calf. I really appreciate a little extra room, because I love tall boots. One size doesn't fit all and it never did.

[SilleeMee]

I feel that the trend towards overweight acceptance has led to the disappearance of the "petite department" in many stores. It's a sign that the small woman has become a minority. 

[SahmIam]

There is a HUGE difference between plus size and so obese that you can barely walk, need people to pull you up off the floor and having multiple large rolls of fat hanging out between layers of clothes/seen through the clothes.  The former is any woman who is beyond the size of 10 being considered fat by the fashion industry; the latter is a person who will have numerous health issues and, according to every piece of research I've read, not live beyond the mid-to late 50's (if that).

Holding the latter up to standards that should be applauded, supported and deemed acceptable is wrong and yet.....it's seen everywhere as being those things.  

I say this as a woman who once weighed over 400 pounds, had to wear diapers because I often couldn't make it to the toilet fast enough, needed a wheelchair when shopping because of pain in my hips, knees (which would buckle due to my weight), ankles and feet and who was taking 23 pills a day due to medical issues ALL caused by my fatness.

Yes, I DO agree with this article.

Edited for for grammar.

[Squirrel Lover]

I couldn't agree more with this article because being fat ruins your health. How much is this going to cost our country in health care costs? We are 20 trillion dollars in debt already. 

Politcal correctness is literally killing us. Obesity is bad. Period.

[Vivian]

I have been obese and I have been thin. The latter has always been preferable. I am now somewhere in between, a lifetime member of Weight Watchers. For those of us with a tendency to be overweight, it is hard to maintain a normal weight but it is really essential to good health. We can create any and all euphemisms to describe being fat but our bodies know better. When you're young, you might get away with being overweight but by the time you're a senior citizen, you are unlikely to remain unscathed. While I detest many of the insults, often based on bias rather than facts, hurled at overweight people, especially women, I cannot agree that from a health perspective being overweight is good for you. 

[Lali1]

Skinny does not always equate to healthy either. I know a woman who is tiny and smokes like a chimney. I also know a lot of thin women who obsess over exercise and what they eat and starve themselves. But no one treats the skinny badly even if they are skinny because of their bad and dangerous habits. Some heavier women are healthier by far than some very thin ones.

What does not help me is anyone telling me I need to exercise or lose weight. I have to decide on my own and I always do. Doesn't mean I succeed or keep it off but I know what I need to do. I have never accepted my fat. I'm not one who loves her curves or rolls or any of it. I kinda wish I could be more kind to myself about my body. I see people a lot heavier than me and think they're beautiful but look at myself and just can't say that. 

I believe bashing and shaming women for their weight never helps them in any way. 

[software]

It's an interesting read.   Children should be exposed to women athletes, women astronauts, female members of military and such, not because they are thin but because they are active.

Look at Serena Williams, pre-baby.  She is as fit as any woman on the planet and she's not tiny.   The message should be "take care of yourself, be active, eat right"

The message should not be about body image.

Looks can be deceiving

[ECBG]

@c_la_vee,Having taught nutrition, moderation in all is the key.  We need to accept everyone because we don't know what they have gone through, but I would teach her to be healthy.  We, after all, all life by our choices.

SHE, no one else, is responsible for HER life.

[Andreatoo]

The more focus you put on food the more of an issue it will be in the long run. I never forced my daughter to eat anything. the choices she had as a toddler were what we were eating. I did not make special meals geared towards a child. There's a window that every parent has, although short, to influence their children's eating habits. I never used food as a reward or a way to bribe. In a nutshell I did everything the opposite of my own mother! LOL

For the record I never ever ordered off the children's menu for my child! Those things are atrocious!

The outcome of my method it is now I have an adult child that eats to live; she doesn't live to eat