tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post5318371784583388188..comments2023-10-31T04:16:04.331-05:00Comments on Feed Me!: Suffer the little childrenHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-74029546958818591292008-09-06T21:53:00.000-05:002008-09-06T21:53:00.000-05:00Ugh. speaking of the dreaded BMI chart, don't you ...Ugh. speaking of the dreaded BMI chart, don't you love how the "underweight" category is mysteriously missing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-5214956558766828662008-09-05T17:42:00.000-05:002008-09-05T17:42:00.000-05:00I'm honored, Kristin. :-)I'm honored, Kristin. :-)Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-19989134762882051792008-09-05T17:13:00.000-05:002008-09-05T17:13:00.000-05:00Wow is all I can say. Wow. I'll be adding you to...Wow is all I can say. Wow. <BR/><BR/>I'll be adding you to my blog roll, hope that's okay.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10285495178123691950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-2998358624066673722008-09-01T11:06:00.000-05:002008-09-01T11:06:00.000-05:00Nice to meet you too, Michelle! Stop back again! I...Nice to meet you too, Michelle! Stop back again! I'm afraid the world makes this kind of blogging all too easy. . . .Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-45636169380639177162008-09-01T10:49:00.000-05:002008-09-01T10:49:00.000-05:00Excellent post. Total bullshit. Something about it...Excellent post. Total bullshit. Something about it smacks of those days when the school nurse would weigh everyone and read the # out loud. <BR/><BR/>I found you on Lisa Romeo's blog. Nice to meet you!Michelle O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03221354521123541601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-45389041966674127232008-08-31T14:38:00.000-05:002008-08-31T14:38:00.000-05:00the college where I teach has recently started a "...the college where I teach has recently started a "wellness initiative." So far the only propaganda from them has been a push to do volunteer work (?), but I am very very afraid that we will soon start getting the "reduce your BMI" pressure along with this kind of glossy propaganda. <BR/><BR/>And yeah, I am enough of a rule-follower that I am bugged at having a BMI of 31 and being told all the time that's "too big." It's like, I have to fight against the temptation to give in and believe that I am somehow defective because that is the message I am getting from society. And I'm not sure I have the energy to keep fighting it if my workplace starts telling me I'm 'defective' because of my size.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-39202146246161394462008-08-31T10:53:00.000-05:002008-08-31T10:53:00.000-05:00I wish I could add something, but really I just wa...I wish I could add something, but really I just want to say this entire post rules.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851887261238547609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-85704348361344676332008-08-30T20:13:00.000-05:002008-08-30T20:13:00.000-05:00*What she said.**What she said.*Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-34629944530653921302008-08-30T16:12:00.000-05:002008-08-30T16:12:00.000-05:00The other thing I find really troubling about this...The other thing I find really troubling about this is that even those authorities that believe BMI is a useful piece of information, such as the CDC and NIH, say that the categories they use for adults aren't meant to apply to children under age 21 (they have a whole set of BMI-for-age growth curves, so the BMI those organizations want kids to be at is different with each passing *month* as they grow up). Yet the adult categories and cutoffs are what's presented here. Even *within* the world of mainstream obesity panic, that part of the document is bogus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-25303564932181762992008-08-30T16:04:00.000-05:002008-08-30T16:04:00.000-05:00Good idea, anon. I'll check it out.Lisa, they cove...Good idea, anon. I'll check it out.<BR/><BR/>Lisa, they cover almost nothing of an e.d. We paid for nearly all our daughter's treatment ourselves. Right you are to point that out.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-50948176276832130512008-08-30T15:59:00.000-05:002008-08-30T15:59:00.000-05:00How frustrating. Apparently your insurer didn't t...How frustrating. Apparently your insurer didn't take into account how expensive eating disorders can be to treat. Unless, of course, they don't cover those, in which case they don't care.Lisa and Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857704375623585452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-70534226801849754802008-08-30T15:15:00.000-05:002008-08-30T15:15:00.000-05:00You should file a complaint with the Federal Trade...You should file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection<BR/>www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/fitness/ The Bureau has an entire program devoted to bogus diet and weight loss advertisements. Nothing may come of it, but it would be nice for this insurer to get a call from the Feds asking it to justify this BS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com