The truth about the fashion industry and the diet industry is that they distract women from the real issues they need to deal with. Just like the neo-cons throw out the "abortion" or "gay rights" flags to distract the sheeple, the fashion and diet industries (both overwhelmingly run by men) are in place in order to keep women "in their places." Fat is a feminist issue; so is thin now. Being at either extreme is unhealthy but more unhealthy is being obsessed with changing your genetically predisposed shape in order to fit the whims of a fickle industry. Self-acceptance, though, doesn't sell diet books or the latest fashions. Self-acceptance and maintaining a reasonable lifestyle is, therefore, the enemy.