The daughter of my wife's friend is struggling with her eating now, even though she is very fit - she is in gymnastics, and is only 11. It is sad. And yeah, the BMI indicator is silly. It is only useful for a every general and broad understanding of a very large population - making it also useless :)
Were the tourists doing it because it was funny or were they the ones getting outraged?
I think only the internet was outraged. Like normal.
That is really sad :< one of the things we've been required to do in the last couple of years is an "all body types are valid" online course to be able to renew our accreditations (and there's a canvas somewhere in the gym saying the same thing) and I think included in that course is stuff on trying to recognise and deal with potential eating disorders before they become problems and contact points if it's already a problem (mostly for head coaches/supervisors/that level, my part of the job is a nice easy report to head coach).
Bahahahhahahahaaa XD
Hmm yep checks out.