Physical appearance is also an informative indicator of age. Care to expand on what you think a 63 year old woman is supposed to look like? Any examples from Hollywood or Greek mythology that match what you're looking for here?
Do yourself a favor and try to break away from the overly legislative mindset. Meaning is not bounded by words and definitions. The things that matter -- like true love, peace, happiness, health, contentment, and more-- are not bounded by rules and definitions. We all know those things when we see them.
If someone presents themselves as an authority on health issues and how to cope with them, they should obviously be healthy.
So is it not overly legislative to bind a person's health choices to their looks when you don't have the whole story?
I can look at her (and listen to her) and see healthy mind behind a body that has done decades of hard work. I hope that you can too someday.
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No, it is overly pedantic to argue with someone making a basic and reasonable statement that someone looks overweight and would probably do better if they lost weight. Being overweight contributes to all kinds of joint pain and diabetes (which causes a lot of other physical and even mental problems). Maybe this woman is a natural oddity that can be in peak health and also significantly overweight at an old age, but odds are against it.
>The host is clearly in poor physical condition and many of their concerns are due to lack of proper nutrition , exercise and prescription meds abuse. They appear 15 years older than they should be. Their advice is primarily reactive, and the trivial proactive advice (exercise more) is delivered almost ironically.
>Take care of yourself now. Drop the weight, get generous activity, get off the meds and you will feel loads better.
Boy that really wreaks of ageism, let me tell you. /s Being overweight makes you look older. He didn't marginalize anyone, he said that in his opinion she didn't look very healthy and was causing her own problems. He also gave some well-meaning recommendations, possibly from experience. He doesn't owe you an example or a detailed explanation of how he came up with a general impression of "15 years older." He's probably not a doctor or one of those age-guessing performers at a carnival.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're overweight and in denial like the woman in the video (who denies that BMI has any significance), and that's why you're flared up about this boring comment.