Food and body image in the series

[crisagi1]

No: HPFGUIDX 68051

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> 
> > I absolutely love the books and think that JKR is a 
> genius....however, I have an issue with the way she writes about 
food 
> and body image.
> > 
> > As someone who has to eat healthily and exercise regularly to 
stay 
> the size I want, I find it very irritating that she portrays all 
> the "good"characters as eating unhealthily and not exercising, and 
> never being overweight.
> > Darrin


Darrin, I sort of agree with you in that most kids have a problem 
with being overweight, but look at what you're comparing to.  In my 
generation, which incidently was not that long ago, but just about 
when the comodor 64 came out. (Lord I'm dating myself)  Kids were 
outside and played and ran and had fun.  We studied as well, but we 
didn't sit around all day in front of a TV or computer, and guess 
what, none of us were overweight, although we all ate like Ron and 
Harry, maybe even more after a soccer game.  These kids in the HP 
universe do not have the sedintary lifestyle most kids have today, 
which is why there is a problem with overweight kids nowdays.

Crissy