What is now considered "fat"?

Question

Ok, I was looking through a cosmo magazine earlier and came across an advertisment for weight loss. I used to see these and the woman in the before picture would be undeniably heavy but in this one the woman in the before picture is pretty thin accually(125 or so). So why is what used to be "fat" now judged differently? What do men like?

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with what men like. Women have always been the ones who set the standards for their own appearance. Men can tell a woman that she isn't fat until they're blue in the face, but the woman is going to judge herself as she chooses to in spite of what he says.

Personally, if she is healthy then she's the right weight, in my opinion.

Answer 2

There are billions of dollars to be made in the pursuit of making women self-conscious of their weight.

The current scientific evidence for weight says that an adult woman should have a BMI of between 18.5 and 25.0 to be at "normal" weight - that's the weight that we're healthy at, on average.

BMI requires a height as part of its calculation, but let's just say it's a woman who's 5 foot 7. She can weigh up to 159.5 pounds and not be considered "overweight." To be "obese," she'd have to weigh more than 192 pounds. Since the average American is overweight, I'd say that you'd have to be in the "obese" category today to be considered "fat."

It also depends where the weight is distributed to some degree, of course. A chestier woman could get away with a couple more pounds total than a flatter one, since if the weight isn't in the chest it must be somewhere else. In some communities, the rear would also be an acceptable depository for a couple extra pounds. The stomach/gut area is usually the problem.

Answer 3

The true definition of overfat is when your body fat is over a certain percentage. For a woman, this varies depending on age. Generally speaking, above 30%-35% body fat is considered overfat. Above 35%-40% would be considered obese. That would be the true medical definition of 'fat'.

It's easy for someone to say a particular weight or dress size is fat, but it doesn't mean anything. It's just someone's opinion and most people don't know what they are talking about anyway.

HTH : )

Answer 4

In my opinion most men dont want an anorexic woman they want a woman who is full of self confidence, and no man have the exact same taste in women, some men love skinny women, while some loves avg size women and of course some love fat women.

I dont think ppl should worry about what magazines say but worry about if they are happy within themselves most of all

Answer 5

I think fat women are in now.
Get some meat on you, girls.
The Twiggy look is out. More men are into healthy girls, not anorexic ones.
I think fat is when you are double your weight for your height. Say 240 not 120. 160 is ideal.

Answer 6

Depends on the Girl!
They are all so different.
Except the trendy ones that don't think for themselves.
I need not to look at them because of how they do look.
So much like I think a harlot would.

Answer 7

I dk but I see that 2.... People that are not fat saying "I lost 15 pounds on such and such diet" I would guess men like both!!

Answer 8

Well, normal people are getting fatter, and models are getting skinnier so we can get the fat people skinny. They're making negative jean sizes now. That way, normal sizes will get slightly bigger, so bigger people can say "I'm shopping at that store bc at that store I'm a 4."

Answer 9

From what I "hear", some men perfer women with a bit of extra meat on their bones. Something they can gnaw on during sex. lol

Answer 10

there are too many men in the world to ansewer that last question.

different men like different sizes