For such a teensy person, Ms. Wintour is full of a LOT of hot air.

oh stfu Anna!

I think what she's saying is really true.

I agree -- I think Anna makes a good point. I think her ironic comment is funny.

I don't think everyone focuses on anorexia. I think I see a lot more news and buzz surrounding obesity than anorexia. Anna probably just hears about anorexia all the time being in the fashion industry.

I watched this last night and I don't think there is a human being with a more inflated sense of self-importance with so little of actual value to contribute to society than Anna Wintour.

Errr, she's right. Even if Minn. is one of the most fittest states, doesn't mean that everyone living there fits that criteria.

I don't even know who this woman is, except that she's been getting lots of press lately for being a b*tch, nor do I care.

Whoever she is, she's dead wrong. People talk A LOT MORE about obesity than anorexia. The only time anorexia comes up is when it's Eating Disorders Awareness month or when some SCARY case comes around...what's effed up is that there are plenty of people who exhibit behavior that is consistent with anorexia or bulimia, but can't be diagnosed as having anorexia at least until they're only 80% of their "normal" body weight. They SHOULD talk about it more - but they don't. Make more money telling everybody they're fat and marketing a bajillion ways to lose weight. What a crock.

in a way she's right but anyways...wow she's a b*tch! people are now concentrating now more in the obesity in the states.

i really would dislike meeting this woman in person.

"MOST of the people there are little houses?" Umm, growing up there that was certainly not the case in my experience. And I think one's perception gets really warped living in California. There are so many people walking around here who are literally skeletons, so anyone with any body fat at all starts to look big.

she has a point but only to SOME degree, anorexia is something that really needs a lot of tlc to be helped at all, the people who suffer from it cant help it it controls them, while i know some people cant control their emotional eating and such which is why they are over weight, some also just like the convenience and the tastes of the food which makes them obese so yes anorexia is going to be considered more serious because its a mental issue!!!!!!!!!!!

There's obese people everywhere and it's made a bigger deal of in the media, with the "healthy" menu choices. Anorexia is more of a focus in the fashion world since most models are undernourished.

I live in Minnesota and only know a handful of people who'd be considered obese.

Um, she actually makes a lot of good points. Maybe "little houses" wasn't very nice, but she's right about the epidemic and the need to deal with it, although I don't think the country concentrates solely on anorexia - I'm guessing she's viewing that through the lens of her profession.

I totally agree Lukin. I can definitely see how people would think she's the inspiration for "The Devil Wears Prada". But I think people do focus on obesity way more nowadays, but being in the fashion industry she probably hears a lot more about anorexia since I'd assume its more of a problem among models! It would be nice if the fashion industry and the real world didn't have such a huge divide in body types. Not saying there should be no skinny models, but I don't think there should be only skinny models, a range of body types and sizes would be nice, since that's how it is in the real world.

I live in MN and by no means am I obese. I can understand what she is saying to a certain point BUT where was she in MN where did she go????? She can't categorize a whole state just by staying in a hotel and maybe going out for a piece of lettuce. This is a wonderful state where people range from farming to fashion. Plus some of the friendliest people you will ever meet!

Yea, she'a a b*tch, but none the less I see her point

I'm just thinking that she should have left that hair cut behind in kindergarten.

I agree NikkiRuby.

Man! She looks like a gelfling! Who else saw the Dark Crystal?

HAHA TammyO!!! She really does look like a gelfling!!!

Back on topic, I am guessing that Anna lives in some sort of bubble filled with fashion industry waifs and doesn't get out much, otherwise she would know that this is and has been a real problem throughout the ENTIRE country for quite a while now, and people and the media have been focused on it for quite a while as well. It's not just Minnesota, it's not just the Midwest. It's California, it's New York, it's Florida, it's Illinois, it's everywhere. You have to step outside of the normal places you frequent if you say that it's not the case in your state. There are both fit/healthy as well as chronically overweight/obese people scattered throughout the country. Just because there aren't many (or any) fat people in her gym/office/parties/social circle does not mean that there are fewer where she lives. This comment makes her sounds really ignorant, in my opinion. I also agree that she is an extremely overrated and quite frankly, sounds like a complete b*tch.

Why not just focus on the fact that being too big OR too little is unhealthy? It's sounds like this coming from her: "Don't pick on anorexics!'

Agreed, choochoo. People on either side of this argument have a valid point, but overall we need to be health conscious on a spectrum - if you're starving yourself it's unhealthy, if you're binging, it's unhealthy.

I agree as well choochoo, both extremes need to be addressed, because neither are healthy (or attractive for that matter).

I lived in MN (Minneapolis) for 5 years, and I would hardly describe the people living there as being so big as looking like little houses. My guess is to her though, anyone bigger than a size 4 is the size of a little house.

she might be right, but there are certainly better ways to say it.

it's funny that living in NY she didn't notice it earlier... it's probably because she's used to deal with extremely thin people at work and once she's is at a place where's she's out of the fashion world environment, people must suddenly appear huge in her eyes. I'm sure some of the people she thought were big were actually in their healthy weight.

I'm not saying she didn't see genuinely obese people, or that she doesn't have a point though.

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she's just a huge b!tch. i think i'm done buying vogue.

Wow is all I can say. An apology is in order. To point out what specific state you were in and call all the people there "little houses" is unacceptable.
I have lived in MN my whole life and I don't see obese people everywhere, it is just like every other state, there are people of all sizes.
I'm glad I don't read Vogue and now I never will.
If anything maybe this will keep people away from the great state of Minnesota, and I am fine with that.

I know she is talking about weight but when she says "little houses" I can't help but think she is reffering to their clothing. It's generally very cold in N. Minn and people bundle up. Other than that no one is saying Anorexia isn't important but it's very different from obesity and people act like it's something you catch from sneeze when in fact it's deeply psychological and anorexia has, I'll go out there for ya here, NOTHING to do with fashion.

Yes, some or a lot of fashion people are obssesed with weight or dieting and fitting an ideal but there is a serious difference between that and a full on eating disorder.

The dynamics of a family are also related to the onset and continuity of anorexia and bulimia. Minuchin et al. found that enmeshment, rigidity, lack of conflict resolution, and overprotectiveness contribute to eating disorders. Heron and Leheup have found that anorectic families tend to be characterized by enmeshment. However, bulimic families report that they are less involved with one another as well as perceiving themselves as less cohesive. Kog and Vandereycken found that eating disordered families show more stability and less openness when discussing conflict between parents and children. Root et al. has identified three types of families that contribute to eating disorders. These families are the perfect family, the overprotective family, and the chaotic family (Killian, 1994).

Transgenerational therapy deals with the past of anorectic families. It is believed that anorexia can develop out of beliefs that a family has held over generations. In this type of family, daughters are expected to fulfill the role of a devoted and sensitive person. In bulimic systems, therapy centers on particular treatment for perfect, overprotective, and chaotic families. In this type of therapy, an alliance is created within the family (Killian, 1994). One model for treating bulimics is the transgenerational model. In this model, the family legacy is examined. Purging is seen as a symbol for rejection of the family's love or other intangible things. Object relations/family systems model looks at what is termed ego deficits. Ego deficits occur when the mother was insufficient in giving loving care. Therefore, this therapy aims at correcting the ego deficits. The internal family systems model looks at parallel interactions within the family. It examines the internal and external pieces of the family and the individual simultaneously (Killian, 1994).

why does she continue to speak without using the natural filter of tact? She makes a half-a$$ed valid point, then again everyone else would look like a house to her since she is about the size of paper.

I live in Minnesota and people here are not all obese, obese ppl ARE everywhere and in NYC, but of course Anna lives in a bubble with her NYC circle so...they all prob are like her. I don't care for her because what she says is irrelevant.

Well done, Anna.

She's irrelevant to me. Yayy, 1 point.

I think she's got it backwards?

Wow...I live in Minneapolis and am pretty sure I've seen just as many obese people in New York and everywhere else in the country. I agree that obesity is a huge issue and needs to be addressed, but for someone like Anna Wintour, being the editor of such an iconic fashion magazine, she would do more good focusing on anorexia, a serious problem, especially in the fashion world. (and not insulting Minnesotans!)

Ha! I had that same haircut when I was five! (over 40 yrs ago!)

I live in LA's melting pot and you just have to be accepting of everyone to get along. Work to change it if it bothers you. I try to get involved at the kid level 'cause that's where you can make the most impact.

I think that an article that focuses on healthy eating, exercising and weight does not address the deep rooted illnesses of eating disorders and addictive personalities.
It is too simple to say that if you are fat -- you need to do this or, If you are too thin -- you need to do that.
There are programs and specialists that deal with these people and their baffling diseases every day.
Maybe an article that says if you try these things over and over and are not getting anywhere, If you are too scared to try, because you instinctively know you will fail, if you feel that even trying is too hard for you, THERE ARE PROGRAMS for people like you.
12 step programs, hospital programs, eating disorder clinics etc.

It is too simple to say that the things that would work for someone who does not have an eating disorder would work for an anorexic/bulemic/compulsive overeater.
Many times they don't and the constant beating down from discouragement wears away at these people who are suffering in silence.
They are living in that house without a prayer that there is a way out... show them real alternatives not hype that works for normal eaters--that stuff is in the media every day.
GIVE THEM REAL HOPE.

i don't think being editor of vogue means you get to say rude things and pass judgment on an entire state. isn't she who the main character in devil wears prada was based on? she also told oprah to lose weight. i'd have hung up on her ass. hey anna; go have another latte and chill.

I also live in Minneapolis and would like to know where Ms. Wintour was in our fine state. To say that "most people" here, or anywhere, are overweight is pretty silly. Minnesota is consistently voted in the top three healthiest states of the nation, but maybe Ms. Wintour doesn't understand the difference between "healthy" and "fat." Just because someone isn't a size zero doesn't mean she's the size of a little house.

Wow... the horror she would have felt in some of the states where obesity is truly an epidemic.

This Minnesotan, who apparently is as big a house, would like a little bit to fall on her. Do you think I'd then become the owner of her Jimmy Choos?

ROFL go anna!

Hahaha yeah its true there are a lot of fat people here, but I don't think its fair to say most of us are "little houses". I'm one of the size 2's here in Minnesota, but I don't think that someone who looks like a corpse should be saying anything about anyone.

She is really quite ugly.