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cyberdude611 -> RE: The importance of physical appearance (7/28/2007 11:34:03 AM)
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ORIGINAL: rimbaud
Being overweight has so many health implications, a seeker can and should state his/her reservations honestly. If a poster is seeking an intimate relationship and not merely a friend, such a basic physical attribute is quite important, and it can be significant even for a friend. I just read of a study that found, over the long term, that indivdiuals with obese friends tended themselves to gain weight, surmising that having fat friends leads to a lessening of the distaste for being overweight. Besides leading to hypertension, diabetes, and a host of other maladies, excess weight is simply not attractive. Some primitive socieities take pride in having their women overweight because it supposedly shows that the man is wealthy enough to over feed them. Civilization has progressed beyond that stage. As medical costs are more and more spread out among the population (whether by insurance or Medicaid), maintaining a physical condition that leads inexorably to increased medical care becomes an antisocial act. Sorry, I won't be able to take the time to respond to all the yelps this may generate, but honesty is the best policy...
Cheers to all, light and heavy and in-between.
Arthur
Weight and eating is not the only factor in health. Genetics, evenironment, and mental health also play a critical role. If your family has a long history of high blood pressure, you will probably develop it eventually no matter how healthy you eat. That disease is in your genetics and currently we lack the technology to remove it.
There have been more than a few professional athletes that have just dropped dead or had sudden health problems. There was that baseball player a few years ago that died of cardiac arrest when he was in his late 20s. He was otherwise very healthy and in perfect shape.
Diebetes, heart disease, and cancer can strike any person, any race, any age, any weight, at any time. A lot of people have the misconception that because you are young, healthy, eat well, and exercise that you are going to live forever. You are mortal. And your body can develop disease just as easily as the fat slob you see walking into McDonalds. By eating healthy and exercising, you give your body a better chance to fight disease, but its not a gurantee.
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