I love Beth Ditto - let's talk about sex baby

Moving away from looks (what the majority of this thread has been about):

Excess weight was significantly associated with an increased risk of rapid cartilage loss. For a one-unit increase in BMI, the odds of rapid cartilage loss increased by 11 percent. No other demographic factors—including age, sex and ethnicity—were associated with rapid cartilage loss.
"As obesity is one of the few established risk factors for osteoarthritis, it is not surprising that obesity may also precede and predict rapid cartilage loss," Dr. Roemer said. "Weight loss is probably the most important factor to slow disease progression."

From here: http://www.physorg.com/news166769500.html

Bmi Thing is spot on, in defence of these skinny models gag2 wants gassed..... :)

They need to have a minimum BMI of 18 to be allowed to model in the big shows. Skinny and fat are not opposite sides of the same coin, anorexia is a serious condition but most fat people just like food too much.