yup. a thin, fit body is just a great byproduct of the important part, a healthy, happy life. my boyfriend's daughter (she's 6) loves exercise, makes really smart food choices ('i won't eat a lot at dinner if i'm going to have a cupcake' when she's at a birthday party), and is really proud of how fast she can run, how strong her legs are, etc. we always try to compliment what her body can DO and how good she FEELS instead of how she looks, and i think she'll spend the rest of her life taking care of herself. and she'll be fit. my family raised us this way too and i never had body image issues even though i have a body that isn't necessarily like a model's (tiny frame, giant boobs, pear shaped). as long as i'm thin and healthy i don't worry about that stuff. everyone i know whose parents bullied them about getting fat ended up fat or thin with an eating disorder. fat shaming works on adults, but not on little kids.