men and women

[Ken Hanly]

Well US entrepreneurs are just like everyone else. Of course most think
there are not overweight and exercise enough but according to this study 36
per cent are obese.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/Copy_of_MA_SegArticle/0,4453,281635---
-1-,00.html
Cheers,

Ken Hanly

p.s. surely there are lots of exceptions to the perfect body image that have
been remarkably successful on TV. and film. John Candy and a host of other
fatties,
plus numerous shorties, and women not particularly attractive as perfect
body types.

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: men and women


> Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> >What's interesting (if not surprising) is that while Americans, male
> >or female, are on the average among the fattest of the world,
> >American actors in Hollywood movies now display the best toned
> >bodies of all movies of the world.
>
> Fat is a class issue. I've heard it said - and though I haven't
> factchecked this, it sounds entirely right from what I've seen - that
> there isn't a single fat CEO of a Fortune 500 company. And contrast
> slender marathon runner Robert Rubin with the 300-lb steak and wine
> for breakfast J.P. Morgan. Urban yuppies of both sexes are generally
> fit; plumpies are rare.
>
> Doug