Remember @StrangeLookingParasite you are in the parallel universe of mumsnet, where many women who are over 30, and have had children, are a size 4, have a 20.5 inch waist, weigh seven stone, are 5 ft 6 inches tall, who cook the food they grew themselves from scratch, and think anyone over a size 10 is 'obese.'
I am 5 ft 4 inches tall, 10 stone 11 pounds, and a size 14. I have been between 8 and a half stone, and 14 and a half stone throughout my teens and adult life, and I can categorically say I look my BEST at 10 to 11 stone. Even though the 'charts' say I am overweight.
At 10 to 11 stone, I look healthy, and younger than my age, I have glowing skin, lush hair, curves in the right places, and I look good in clothes. At 8 stone, I looked gaunt and grey in the face, and my hair was lank. I was also asked -a LOT - if I was ill. Yet many of the BMI and weight charts said that was my 'ideal weight.'
These charts are a pile of shit. Being thin and petite does not automatically mean you are healthier or more attractive than someone who is classed as chubby.
Also, re the women from Southeast Asia; I believe they do have a decent life span, yet my husband works with 3 South east Asian Women, (Filipino, Vietnamese, and Chinese,) all aged 30 to 40, and all around 5 foot 2, and 7 stone. Every single one of them is always ill. They constantly have colds and sniffles and coughs and chest infections. And they often look grey and ill. My husband says they rarely eat.
But apart from this, women from this part of the world are very slightly built anyway, like almost a child-like frame. And in other parts of the world (Peru, Chile, Northern Canada, Iceland) women are often big builds.
As I said, these charts are shyte, because they do not take into account peoples build, and what their ethnic origin is.