Amazingly poor reporting.

How do you know you are healthy?

Weight is a national obsession. On the one hand we are in the grip of an obesity epidemic and experts are warning us against getting fat.

I loved this article. It goes on about obsessions and stereotypes, and then proceeds to buy into them left right and centre. Phrases such as:

Indeed a naturally slim girl who is blessed with a metabolism that stops her getting fat can be healthy and a size zero – UK size 4.

– surely the phrase “blessed with” indicates that it is best to be slim?

or

But others starve themselves to reach a goal weight when instead they would be far better off carrying a few excess pounds.

If you’d be better off with them, they’re not excess then, are they? Only excess to some goal weight rather than objectively, in and off themselves.

Oh, and eating disorder diagnosis:

And there are physical signs.

“A girl’s periods might stop. She might have downy hair on her face and body in response to a low core temperature when the body isn’t getting enough energy in.”

Because eating disorders never affect boys do they?

I could go right off the bbc. But I’d have to have been fond of it first I suppose.