Monica
Grenfell is horrified. Why? Well, see, this year's Miss England contest
has a fairly unique finalist: Chloe Marshall, a size 16 (about a size
14 in U.S. sizes.) Seventeen-year-old Marshall has been quite outspoken
about wanting to be "an ambassador for curves" and demonstrate to young
girls that it isn't necessary to be a size zero. She says she eats
healthy food and exercises regularly. Grenfell, however, is a dietician
and she hopes Chloe doesn't win.
"It would send an appalling--and very dangerous--message to other young
women that it's OK to be fat." She adds that Chloe is a terrible role
model and says charmingly, "Who on earth does she think she's kidding?
What she's demonstrating isn't bravery but a shocking lack of
self-control. Instead of flaunting her figure, Chloe ought to own up to
the truth. She is fat and she got that way by over-eating." Nice.
Grenfell
makes the point that we don't have an anorexia epidemic, we have an
obesity epidemic, and that the last thing girls need to hear is that
it's okay to be overweight because it puts you at risk for health
problems like Type 2 diabetes and heart attacks. Mmm hmm. Well...
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