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In addition to health, there is mating preference. Human standards of beauty are rooted in survival. There may be extreme exceptions (due the "green beard" effect, for example) but for the most part trim, athletic bodies are attractive because they have been more successful at reproducing over time. But this no longer matters. The evidence indicates that heavy people contribute more kids to the next generation than fit people. Ole Posted by: ole at January 25, 2003 no one lives forever 10:36 PM You have to consider the location of this no one lives forever article: it was in the "Sunday Styles" section of the NYT, which is by and for the decadent Manhattanite "Sex in the City" fringe. The rest of the paper usually at least tries to acknowledge the existance of the ouside world, but the Style section is completly insular. So, given that, what do we have? Simple - fantasy. The Style girl would not think of allowing herself to be anything other than skeletal. She must continually diet, exercise constantly, and endure painful surgury in order to maintain her social position - and she resents the hell out of it.
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