[68skylark]

Can't we do both?

Yeah, I guess.

I was trying to make a point that journalists seem to make a big deal about anorexia, yet they seem to write far less about obesity, which seems to be the far more serious problem.

I was just wondering if anyone agreed with this observation.

[Desdemona]

I was trying to make a point that journalists seem to make a big deal about anorexia, yet they seem to write far less about obesity, which seems to be the far more serious problem.

Yes, it is. A lot of it can be traced to nerves and anxiety put in the mind by well-meaning parents and other kids in school who literally say, "I don't like you because your fat."