Thu, 08 Jul 2004

Fat City

At last, somebody else notices this absurdity. The "weight control professionals" keep lowering the level at which one is considered "over weight", and then bemoan the "epidemic" of obesity! Here's a great observation:

"This is so ludicrous," says Ikeda. "Why are we doing this to ourselves? I think it has a lot to do with the dieting and pharmaceutical industry and the pressure to medicate every condition."

Yep - that's us! Not feeling well? Just take a pill.

Riding to the mall one Saturday, Joanne Ikeda's younger sister turned to her and asked, out of nowhere, "Do you know that I am now overweight?"

(link) [CNN]

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