I can see your point of view. My skinny daughter would like to put on a few, but can’t. What she especially hates is that she knows people look at her and think “anorexic”. But she’s not. She doesn’t have that emaciated or wasted look. She was born that way and hasn’t changed since. I have baby pictures of her and all you see is arms and legs. 21 “ long and 7 pounds. It’s always be 90% for height, and 10% for weight. She made it up to 50% just before she started walking. Once she walked that was over for good.
However, being skinny is still more socially acceptable than being fat. Doctors generally don’t ride skinny people about their blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, etc. They’re not condemned for the burden they put on the health care system even though they may have all those problems anyway.
You’re right about the “socially acceptable” aspect, which is why I oppose the nanny state stupidity. What is “socially acceptable” is totally subjective.
Your daughter sounds like mine. She was 19” long and 5lbs 14oz.
Interestingly enough, my blood pressure (low), cholesterol (high), and diabetes were all what the docs were getting on me about to gain weight. My blood pressure remains the same, just like it has all my life, my cholesterol is normal, and my blood sugar levels remain at the low end of normal........but I don’t gain weight.
A close friend of mine is seriously overweight, bordering on obese and we have discussions like this fairly often. She has told me on numerous occasions of people saying to her to tell me to eat something, and I’ve told her of people telling me she should do something about her weight. We actually laugh about it.