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Edited on Mon May-10-04 10:51 PM by amazona
I'm petite, and my mom is petite, and I've learned the hard way that being skinny is NO protection against life-threatening illness. Heart disease isn't just about food, it is about the air you breathe, and there are lots of political reasons why the powers that be don't want to clean up our air. People with asthma will end up with heart disease, skinny or not. It is extremely discouraging.
On top of that, I also have osteoporosis in the family, and they're right -- skinny older women break a hip and they die.
I am very concerned for a multiple of reasons, not least because I've had several friends die too young of disease -- and, disturbingly, all of them were thin.
What people don't realize is that thin people don't find it very easy to gain weight. The whole "just eat a sandwich, honey" may work if your illness is anorexia, but if you already eat a good diet, it is surprisingly difficult to put on a few pounds.
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