That in comparing the near-equivalent levels of "skinnyness" and "fatness", being skinny wins, even when you get to the most extreme cases on both sides of the spectrum. Obviously both extreme ends are a terrible way for one to live, any large enough divergence from average weight is a bad thing (I'd say that a lot of you guys need to put on a few pounds, in my own opinion, and of course you can even with a fast metabolism), but being barely underweight is better than being barely overweight, in the same way that being very overweight is worse than being very underweight, even if both can be extremely detrimental to one's health. I have to agree with reb on this one. I would rather look like that underweight lady, than look like this guy: He looks much happier