Saying nothing, not doing much is abit difficult

[PamNY]

But I guess the point is taken -- there are lots of things to be judgmental about (including towards thin people) so maybe its best just to keep our comments to ourselves. Wouldn't the world be so much better! (FYI, that's the conversation I had with my 13 year old yesterday at lunch. Too bad more mothers don't have that conversation).

My mother was good at that conversation -- and I agree -- it's a conversation that parents should have.

Here's an interesting article from Huffington Post about larger athletes.