freedomisntfree and Nice_Dream:That's what I was thinking too, that maybe it is just one aspect of someone's life they can actually control. I remember also that, at least in my circuit and district meetings (conventions?), it was also a social standing effect.
As in, the thinner you are, the better you are. Thin girls glaring down at chubby ones was a common occurrence, one my 'friends' loved partaking in. Comments about the girl's clothes, how fat they are, how ugly their husband/boyfriend/friends are, how they probably are invites and aren't even baptized... yeah. Cruel. Not saying you guys did that, but that's what they did. By the way, it's a Spanish Speaking disctrict meeting, maybe it's a cultural thing?