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I'd be fine with my body if I didn't feel so criticized/judged by others. I'm not overweight, I'm in the average category with a pudgy stomach. But really, will it matter in the long run?
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05.12.08, 08:53 PM [ Flag ]
- women who are a bit larger live longer, so all those thin b*tches will be dead
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  - really? I thought people who were a bit underweight lived the longest? wasn't that a big diet craze a while ago?
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    05.12.08, 08:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - no, not at all. they die sooner and have more fertility problems.
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      - nah. gonna find the link.
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        05.12.08, 08:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        See this: "Curvier Women Will Live Longer" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4606011.stm
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        05.12.08, 09:00 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        hmm, interesting. I saw a show about the calorie restriction movement mentioned below. They claimed a state of semi-starvation was associated with best health/longest life. REading wiki entry now...
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        05.12.08, 09:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Aside from the hip measurement thing, I distinctly remember studies published a few years ago showing that women who weighed more than what's recommended by health insurance guidelines actually lived longer.
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        05.12.08, 09:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        calorie restriction you mean? I think it is unproven.
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        05.12.08, 09:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - there are conflicting studies about this. Many women who have starved themselves & had unhealthy eating habits start having major issues in their 50's with bones etc.,
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      05.12.08, 09:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - np. And Naomi Wolf's book, The Beauty Myth, outlines a lot of studies having to do with size, health and fertility. Pretty much all of them contradict beauty magazine wisdom.
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        05.12.08, 09:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- who judges you?
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Posted October 3, 2007(37 replies)

I'd be fine with my body if I didn't feel so criticized/judged by others. I'm not overweight, I'm in the average category with a pudgy stomach. But really, will it matter in the long run?

women who are a bit larger live longer, so all those thin b*tches will be dead

really? I thought people who were a bit underweight lived the longest? wasn't that a big diet craze a while ago?

no, not at all. they die sooner and have more fertility problems.

nah. gonna find the link.

See this: "Curvier Women Will Live Longer" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4606011.stm

hmm, interesting. I saw a show about the calorie restriction movement mentioned below. They claimed a state of semi-starvation was associated with best health/longest life. REading wiki entry now...

Aside from the hip measurement thing, I distinctly remember studies published a few years ago showing that women who weighed more than what's recommended by health insurance guidelines actually lived longer.

calorie restriction you mean? I think it is unproven.

there are conflicting studies about this. Many women who have starved themselves & had unhealthy eating habits start having major issues in their 50's with bones etc.,

np. And Naomi Wolf's book, The Beauty Myth, outlines a lot of studies having to do with size, health and fertility. Pretty much all of them contradict beauty magazine wisdom.

who judges you?

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