Talk:Underweight
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[edit] Anti-thin bias
As a rather thin--but perfectly healthy--teenager who is neither anorexic nor bulimic, I find this page both offensive and factually inaccurate. I'm not sure why the author of this article felt the need to define all thin people as underweight, but I suspect it has something to do with current cultural bias against "skinny girls". There is nothing wrong with your body unless you are fainting all over the place or (on the other end of the scale) having trouble moving or developing heart problems. Get over it.
I'm making extensive changes to this article so it doesn't sound like we're all freakish anorexics. Jediserra 01:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
(The reason why 'thin' redirects to 'underweight' is because it was put here by an American). Thin is considered abnormal in that country. Obesity reigns. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.33 (talk • contribs) .
The third paragraph sounds a bit accusitory, so perhaps it should be changed a bit.
This article is BS. Being thin is not underweight, it is normal. Being fat is gross and being thin is how you should be. Only in the USA is thin "underweight", there they expect you to have three chins and an ass bigger than a bus to be considered at "ideal weight".
- Yes, I must agree that Wikipedia seems to have an "anti-thin" bias.- Amorwikipedia 16:54, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
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- Teenagers naturally tend to not weigh as much as their adult counterparts! Some people do have very fast metabolisms and just want to look/feel more "normal" by gaining weight. Most people think of losing weight when there are others trying to gain... Ah the irony. People come in all sizes and shapes. What is the "ideal weight"? It's all in your head.
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- Wikipedia shouldn't have an anti-thin bias in its articles. If it does, please change them to reflect a neutral point of view.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 01:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Cultural bias
I am working in a third world country where undernourishment and malnourishment is rampant. I came to this page looking if there might be some information on how underweight is defined. In this respect the article was somewhat helpful. But I was certainly a bit miffed when the page suggested that underweight people should eat more peanut butter.
As it happens I (as a westerner) am underweight myself, and although I already eat as much fat as I can stomach, I don't think the advise is unhelpful in the context it is aimed at (affluent societies). But certainly it seems fitting to edit the article to reflect the fact that the cause of underweight in most of the world is extreme poverty. /J
Although I am certainly not an expert on the matter,one cannot help but notice how ridiculously biased this article is. "...scant attention is paid to those that need to gain weight..." Perhaps a more neutral point of view would be in order, not an article following suit in the "craze" over people who are thin and the use of anorexia as a scapegoat.
--------Actually, I have this problem (can't gain weight myself,) and I can tell you
that "scant attention" IS paid to us. Doctors concur. Also Peanut Butter has been
recommended to me by every dietition I go to. If one wants information on causes of underweight children in impoverished countries they should probably look up malnutrition.
Author of this article, you might think thin people are "bizarre". As a Californian, I know that because of our states' diversity, we each can create prejudice on one another! Nobody rules out! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
- Added a NPOV dispute tag to the top of the page.h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 01:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] This article sucks
Sorry, but it does. 69.227.3.212 09:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This article is very bias.
I am skinny, but it is because my family has a history of skinny people. With that alone, this article REALLY NEEDS REVISIONING. It is implying ALL skinny are not healthy. I would nominate this article for deletion. "THROUGH FIRE, JUSTICE IS SERVED!" 00:56, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
