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From: barrys@hercules.UUCP (Barry Steel)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Foods to gain weight by  -  aww, c'mon!
Message-ID: <737@hercules.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 10:50:34 EST
Article-I.D.: hercules.737
Posted: Fri Dec 13 10:50:34 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Dec-85 05:35:21 EST
References: <18@mit-vax.UUCP>
Reply-To: barrys@hercules.UUCP (Barry Steel)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
Lines: 16
Summary: 

In article <18@mit-vax.UUCP> oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) writes:
>
>	"... anything with lots of butter should do it..."  
>and similar suggestions are probably NOT a good idea.  The thing  to  do
>is  analyze why your friend is underweight (and whether - where does the
>figure  of  25  lbs  too  little  come  from?)   and  what  medical  and
>psychological  conditions  pertain.   That  calls  for medical, possibly
>psychiatric involvement.  As such, it belongs on net.med far  more  than
>here.
	I'm confused.  If the person was 25 pounds OVERWEIGHT, no one
	would think anything of it; but UNDERWEIGHT the world assumes
	he must have some (mental/physical) illness.

	I agree, "Aww c'mon!"  

barry steel