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[quote=Anonymous]It's not like the trend in recent years has been towards women with thick middles, pot bellies, flabby arms and armpit fat, or heavy legs. It's not like the Botticelli rolls are back in vogue.

The trend has still be thin, but with unrealistically large boobs, butts, and thick thighs (unless you happen to be born with that precise body type. The goal was still a narrow waist and everything was supposed to be taught and toned.

Basically, recent trends gave a boost to women who have naturally big boobs and big butts, who previously might have been criticized for being too curvy (which was also a form of thinly veiled racism since white women are a little less likely to have that body type to begin with).

But at least in mainstream media, it's not like the body ideals being pushed are healthier than thinness. The Kardashians work out constantly, use dietary supplements and extreme dieting methods, and have had numerous procedures to get their bodies to look like that, and that's for women who are already predisposed to this body type (not waifs, except Kendall). Is that healthy? No.

The only way to actually find a healthy approach to bodies is to stop thinking of body types as being "in" or "out". OP's feigned concern over the health of women who diet to be slim is actually just disdain for thin for women. Bodies come in all shapes and sizes, the expectation should be to find a healthy way to care for your body no matter its shape.[/quote]

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