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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wonder if folks realize that if everyone ate healthfully-- in portions appropriate to their genuine appetites-- and exercised frequently... there would still be a non-zero percentage of fat people? By definition, 5 percent of people will be in the 95th percentile for weight, and 10 percent in the 90th, etc., even if they are doing everything "right."

I don't know why people can accept that there are skinny people who eat nothing but truckloads of junk food and not the opposite. Yeah, yeah, yeah, lots of fat people do have unhealthy habits-- and maybe more of them do than skinny people. But some people are designed to be very healthy-- and chubby, or even fat![/quote]

Actually, there are significantly more children above the 95th percentile than there were 20 or 30 years ago.[/quote]

This. And the top percentiles in weight should be filled by kids that are top percentiles in height. Obviously a woman that is 5’11” should weigh more than the one that is 5’2”. Previous PP does NOT make a valid point. Nobody is naturally fat. Some people may have a larger built and for some people it may be easier to gain weight. That is why not everyone should eat the same amount of calories. If your kids eat perfectly healthy and in small portion, but are still fat, then they need to eat less (or different/less caloric food). Nobody should be overweight because it’s healthy... it’s NOT[/quote]

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