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ruyi:
This is a little aside from the issue of how we think / talk about weight, but I think it's important w.r.t. weight and health:
Fatness is a poor way to measure unhealthiness
"being active is the more important factor [for preserving health], even if the activity does not succeed in causing one to lose weight."
Nodaisho:
That study used BMI. That's enough reason for me to toss that shit out immediately. I know, BMI works for the majority of people. If you want to be taken seriously, though? Don't use 19th century science when you have much better options available. Also, finding one study in nutrition/health isn't much. You can find one study for almost everything. Sure, there are some fat people that are healthy. There are also skinny people that are unhealthy. In general, though, being obese is bad for you. It's bad for your joints, it's bad for your heart, it's bad for hormone production, it's bad all around.
allison:
does it seriously hinder your ability to play music
specifically if you are a woman
Nodaisho:
Depends on whether you are fat enough to have difficulty reaching around a guitar. Or fat enough that you can't finger single strings.
So for many Americans, yes.
allison:
I know this isn't a woman, but here is a video of Matt Andersen, who is 400+ lbs and and a really incredible blues guitar player. This song, fittingly is called "One Size Never Fits".
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