Comments on: Warning: If You’re Overweight, Don’t Read Women’s Magazines

By: Study: Even Plus-Size Models Lower Self-Esteem « Plus Size Corsets

Study: Even Plus-Size Models Lower Self-Esteem « Plus Size Corsets — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:02:27 +0000

[...] DiSalvo of True/Slant offers this explanation: Presumably this is because underweight women compare themselves equally to [...]

By: David Knowles

David Knowles — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:19:43 +0000

And if you want to be overweight, have I got a sandwich for you:

http://trueslant.com/davidknowles/2009/10/13/the-worlds-unhealthiest-meal/

By: Kashmir Hill

Kashmir Hill — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:14:21 +0000

But if I skip the Cosmo, how will I know the “5 things never to tell my guy”?

By: Katie Drummond

Katie Drummond — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:55:01 +0000

I must have been the exception to the rule, because when I was severely underweight (but, I guess in that “sanctified” BMI region you mention), I still thought I looked massively obese compared to magazine’s models. And I’m inclined to suggest that most anorexic/disordered women would feel similarly.

Oh, and bonus tip – skip the magazines AND the BMI Index for an even bigger self-esteem boost.