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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, good grief!  The *average* sized woman in the U.S. is a size 12-14.  This lady is a size 16 which is pretty darned close to the average.  This woman IS normal and perfectly beautiful.

The much smaller sized women on the covers of SI are also gorgeous but do realize that a size 4 is W-A-Y below average size.  Like it or not, size 2 does not represent the average woman.

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The average sized woman in the US is overweight through obese...[/quote]

What's sad is that we now have to choose between showing an average size that's unhealthy, or showing a healthy size that is perceived to be too skinny, because it has become rare and seemingly unattainable, when it's really not.

The photograph is beautiful, but the media should not encourage people to think positively about being overweight. It costs too much for society in quality of life, healthcare expenses and shortening of life expectancy.
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This is moronic. Several facts:
A) A majority of people in the US are overweight.  
B) Losing weight permanently is very, very rare: only 2% lose 20 or more pounds and keep it off for five or more years. Which means that Fact A is unlikely to change.
C) You cannot tell someone's level of health by their weight, and certainly not by a photoshopped photograph. 
D) All cover models are photoshopped; here they removed some cellulite and bulges. Skinny models get their protruding bones and lifeless skin fixed. Which means that the umbrage taken by some posters that they've corrected this image is a little misguided.

The dominant narrative in the US is that thin is good, cultured, well-bred, intelligent and beautiful whereas fat is something to be ashamed of. It's bizarro world that some thin people want fat people to feel like absolute shit and never see themselves represented. Fat shaming does not work. Fact shaming seems actually to cause weight gain. [/quote]

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