Body Image Elsewhere

So while procrastinating and not doing my schoolwork like I should have been I spent some time on the Lonley Planet Thorntree forums. The essay I was writing is actually very interesting; it's on why the south lost the Vietnam War, and while I enjoy researching and writing about it, it's an assignment, so procrastination is inevitable. Anyways, I stumbled across a post about weight and body image in Tibet, and I assume the perception many Tibetans have spreads across many of the poorer countries in Asia and Africa as well. Plus it's such a different perspective from what we are used to in the States, where many see the image of an overweight person in a negative light. Take a look here.