The Thinner, the Better?

The Thinner, The Better?

Wallis Simpson has a well-known saying, "You can never be too rich or too thin" (Simpson), which seems to be the most appropriate slogan of this crazy era. As we can see from Nedic, it is generally believed that every girl should be thin and the thinner, the better ("NEDIC"). Under the influence of this social trend, losing weight has long been the hottest topic among girls and it is unlikely to stop them from pursuing beauty, perfection and paper thin. However, do you think being skinny is really good? From my point of view, a slim shape does make you look good, but thinner is not always better.

Speaking of the reason for losing weight, almost every girl can list numerous benefits without a moment's thought. The very first one is every girl was born with a heart for beauty, and the ideal female beauty is defined as thin in modern times. A girl with a curvy figure always become the envy of many girls, for it seems like all the fashionable clothes are tailored for her, all boys are crazy about her, and all the good things in life are prepared for her. Moreover, slim girls have advantages in the fierce competition for jobs hunting. As we all know, some careers, such as model, actress, pop singer, are for slim girls only, while some companies prefer girls with a good look when they choose employees. Besides that, compared with fat girls, slender girls are less likely to suffer from some diseases, such as heart disease, high blood pressure and hyperlipidemia. That's why so many girls try to control their weight, and in certain degree, this trend plays a positive role to curb the development of obesity.

Even though being thin has so many benefits, it doesn't means thinner is better. In order to get a slim figure, some girls lose weight recklessly, which leads to many health problems. As a study shows, diet pills become more and more popular in recent years, since girls believe that is the most quick and trendy way to gain a perfect body. Unfortunately, they get all the unpleasant side effects of diet pills inevitably and the weight loss business is the only winner from that. Besides that, super skinny girls are liable to some disease, such as gastroptosis, gall-stone, uterine prolapse, infertility and osteoporosis. Professor Frisch, associate professor of population sciences emeritus at the Harvard Medical School of Public Health, Boston, highlights the danger of being borderline underweight, and says that a loss of only 14 kg, for a normal sized woman, could lead to infertility, without any outward signs (Brennan). In addition, more and more people with anorexia have aroused public concern. Prevalence of anorexia is estimated at 0.3%, with rates increasing, particularly in females between the ages of 15 and 24 years, over the last century (Hock, 2006). Girls who try to lose weight by keeping on a diet are more easily to suffer from anorexia