You're all wrong.
She was chubby AND beautiful.
My girlfriend is much thinner, and very healthy thankyou, so don't assume that all thin girls are unhealthy, or that they need to starve themselves to be unhealthy and thin.
Most people I know who are overwieght have loads of health problems, stemming from their wieght (diabetes/ sleep apnoea/ ect...). Quite converesly, none of the people who I know who are thinner than Kate was in this movie have these same health problems.
I also worked in a sleep disorders clinic for quite some time. Guess what the vast majority of diagnoses were? Lose weight!
To clarify, however, I would not call Kate overweight here. I would say her sister appears overweight, from the scenes in India at the begining of the movie, but without seeing her in person (or knowing her BMI) it's hard to say for sure.
Being overweight is a problem. It is wrong for a person to think otherwise. Being overwieght WILL degrade ones' qualite of life. There's no point in attacking thin people and assuming they have to starve themselves to be thin. Just eat right, and have an active lifestyle. It's not hard to do, and it's not rocket science.
Ps: BMI = Body mass index = Weight (in Kilograms) divided by [Height (in meters) multiplied by height (again in meters) ]
For the average person, BMI (below 19 = underweight) (19-25 = Healthy) (25-30 = overweight) (30-40 = obese) (40+ = Morbidly Obese). These are general guidelines, and need not apply to everybody. For exapmle, bodybuilders might turn up BMI's of 55+, and yet still only have less than 7% body fat.
Pps. It's suspected that anorexia could be due to defective or damaged parts of the brain. in specific, the venrto-medial hypothalamus, and the lateral hypothalamus are both heavily implicated in Body Image. Anorexia is a disease, not a fashion statement.
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