Fat and senile wizards

[Torsten]

No: HPFGUIDX 51101

I'd like to adress two points:

1. Shouldn't wizards on average be overweight compared to muggles? They don't play 
any sports which actually requires the work of muscles (and as for the Quidditch 
players, only the Beaters truly exercize). They have no P.E. classes in school. They 
also don't do much housework (or any other kind of physically stressing work) 
themselves, it all requites just a little wand waving (or a houseelf). Some even spare 
themselves the stairs and just apparate to the kitchen for breakfast ...
There might be spells to get rid of fat, but I doubt it, or why didn't anyone tell Bagman 
about them?

2. Some have said the interpret the repeated mentions of Dumbledore looking old and 
worn as signs he'll die soon. What if he's not to die but looses some of his mental 
fitness as well as spell casting ability due to old age? A wizard's body lasts longer than 
a muggle's, and so does hit mental state, but both must wither in the end. Since sorcery 
is not based on physical aspects, the ability to perform it might suffer from old age.
Why should Voldemort, who's still comparatively young, already have invested that 
much into his search for immortality? Because one who seeks immortality also seeks 
eternal youth (no fun being old for eternity), and he wants to gain it before his ability 
to work magic is diminished in the slightest. Even if Dumbledore goes on to live another 
decade or two, in time Voldemort will be stronger than him simply because 
Dumbledore suffers from old age ...

What do you think?

Torsten