Courtesy of TheSkinnyWebsite.com, you can see the spread and read about Angelina Jolie’s shocking weight loss, as well.

Although Nicole, Angelina, and other celebs like Lindsay Lohan and Mary-Kate Olsen have become the poster children for skinny celebrities, there are dozens of others whose too-slim stature raises eyebrows.

Celebrities-Suck.com has a “skin and bone” parade of skinny stars including Teri Hatcher, Brittany Murphy, and Mischa Barton, among others.

The LA Times has a slideshow of Hollywood’s Slimmest Stars that features Nicole, Ashlee Simpson, Keira Knightley, Lindsay, Kate Bosworth, Mary-Kate, and Calista Flockhart.

So what’s going on? On the one hand, we have perfectly healthy people like Jordin Sparks being called obese and get-real crusaders like Joy Nash ranting about discrimation against “fat” people (self-inflicted and otherwise), and then we have celebrities who are literally wasting away before our very eyes.

Have we become a nation of physical extremes? How does this affect your own body image?

Contents © Copyright 2007 Kristen King

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Scarily Skinny Celebs: Nicole, Angelina, Lindsay, Mary-Kate, and more

Women who aren’t overweight but still have a high percentage of body fat may have more inflammation in their bodies, an Italian study shows.
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Body fat may release inflammatory chemicals, note researchers Antonino De Lorenzo, MD, and colleagues, who didn’t test that theory in this study. De Lorenzo works at Rome’s University of Tor Vergata.

Chronically high levels of inflammation have been associated with a host of health problems, including heart disease and arthritis.

Read more here.

And for more information, check out these articles:

• What is “normal weight obese” syndrome?
• Can You Be Fat and Fit?
• Body Composition May Be Key Player In Controlling Cancer Risks

Contents © Copyright 2007 Kristen King

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You Don’t Have to Be Overweight to Be Fat