Well, I am 5'8" and I used to be 160lbs. and I thought I looked pretty good. You couldn't see any bones sticking outbut I didn't have rolls either. Of course that was back when most of the jobs I had were physical ones.
Anorexia sacres the hell out of me. I had a friend that was anorexic. When she died, she was about 70lbs. Every possible place of her body was covered in cancer, her ahir was brittle and her skin (shudders) And you know how she started?
She was a daddy's girl. She adired her father and would do anything to remain perfect in her eyes. One day, they were walking down the street and they saw a mother and daughter.. The daughter was obese. He said "No daughter of mine will ever be fat." It was shortly there after that she stopped eating. Now anorexia is a disease but it was triggered by her father's comment and her desire to remain perfect for him.
Frankly, I find it disgusting. I remember when I was in school it was disgusting to be considered skinny. My brother desperatly wanted to gain weight because he was so skinny. Unfortunately his was genetic and no matter how much he ate he stayed skinny.
I took the liberty of scanning a cartoon clipping I got from our paper nearly a year ago. I think it is pretty on topic. It is two little girls looking at some overlyskinny models/maniquins.