For the most part, joint probs are the result of physical labor, years of overworking your joints. Generally, you have to have worked for many years and be at least middle-aged for those joint problems to appear. Actually, human beings tend to gain weight during our middle years for a good reason: a little extra fat protects our aging joints. Obviously, too much weight gain can be unhealthy, but forcing our bodies to remain as thin as they were in our younger years is also not healthy. Our money-driven society, however, tells us we must be thin to be sexy and sexy means powerful means happy, correct?

From reading this thread I understand that there is a percentage of people (especially women) who refrain from taking possibly-needed psych medication because of the fear of gaining weight. And gaining weight (even if it's only a little bit of weight) decreases our sex-appeal...which decreases our personal power. This appears to be especially true with younger people.

I will go so far as to assert that if a medication became available that treated, for example, depression and anxiety AND caused weight loss people would be lined up for prescriptions.