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Ah, come on, give Max some credit. :-)
Stick thin isn't beautiful, and I can't stand people who give their children eating disorders, either. People get so sensitive about this. They refuse to admit that people are fighting obesity for good reasons, and insist that it's "all about looks". That's like saying an anti-smoking campaign is just "all about smell".

I understand.

There is a similar thread going on in a literary forum, where readers are complaining that a very prolific author only writes with one size/body type of female. And it's to the point its a pain in the butt. Personally, I've seen her characters get smaller and smaller to the point they're almost childlike in dimensions.

Secondly, I'm just tired of seeing people trashed for how they look. Very tired of it. Fed up. Often when they are good productive, brilliant people and otherwise healthy. But it's like if you're overweight by anyone's standards, you deserve contempt. Again, I've seen healthy looking, attractive folks called fat cows and all I could think is "Who are they looking at?!?!"

Lastly, as a jack of all trades in my profession, I've dealt with lots of overweight kids, including diabetes education. I've also dealt with just as many normal, healthy, slightly pudgy teenagers who start all kinds of drastic behaviors to loose weight. Why do these kids do it? Because they've been trained that their value is in their looks. Nothing else they do matters if they look 'fat'.

Which wreaks havoc with their metabolisms and sets them on a path of struggling with their weights their entire lives. So I'd like to see a slightly larger body type 'ideal' in our culture. (no pun intended) That's all.