Healthy kids are 'anorexic' now My mother-in-law has no idea what a healthy weight is. Her BMI says she’s obese, and my father-in-law and brother-in-law are both very overweight. They eat a lot of junk food and have no idea what a normal portion is (or the amount of liquid calories they all consume). I constantly watch what she’s feeding my children when we are with them because she has no idea what a healthy diet is (though she thinks she does) and keeps on trying feeding them shitty foods. She’s been pestering my husband for years because he’s lost weight since we’re married: we both have. He lost about 25lbs, and I lost 30lbs in between 2 pregnancies. She’s constantly whining about how’s he’s ‘too skinny’ – he’s 5’7 and 154lbs, very muscular and nowhere near skinny. He’s quite fit, plays hand-ball and runs. But I guess if you’re not overweight you’re ‘skinny’ now, and as his wife I’m guilty of not feeding him properly I guess. We told her again and again how much better we felt since we lost weight, it’s like we feel younger now that 10 years ago. I’ve even begun to run two years ago, which seemed impossible before. Anyway during the holidays she bugged me about our daughters, especially about the eldest. She’s 7, she’s a normal little girl, healthy and toned as kids are from constantly moving and playing. Her 4yo sister is cut from the same cloth, rather short and lean. Apparently I have to watch out to make sure she’s not anorexic. Like, wtf?? My brother-in-law’s kids are all overweight, so I guess our kids seem skinny to her? I don’t know. It’s ridiculous, and what worries me is that it’s not unusual. I constantly see the term ‘skinny’ used for people that are just normal human beings I guess? A few years ago we would have described them as slim or lean, but now they’re skinny, and grossly overweight people are ‘chubby’ or ‘curvy’. Sorry for the rant, but she drove me crazy. And I apologize for the grammar, English isn’t my first language.