I love what she had to say about it in her post, excerpted in part:

I think this is trying to make a point that the BMI system is a poor way of determining health. Actually, I disagree. I think the fact that these pictures were posted shows that we have normalized a certain degree of overweightness (I know that’s not a word). I’m assuming each photo is supposed to be ironic because they don’t look big enough to be “morbidly obese,” or that that thin person looks too thin to be normal.
In my opinion, obesity has become such a problem in America that we’ve all been a little desensitized. Some people also don’t grasp that “obese” may not be a 300-pound woman – because obesity is usually portrayed as those extreme examples.

What do you think?

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Understanding BMI With an Illustrated Guide to Healthy Weight

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