Actually, Television Shows DO Love Women That Eat.

But you've got to be a knock out for viewers to accept you for it.  First, let's look at my generation's most obvious example:

Skinny, pretty, leggy, clear skinned, the whole package.  Gilmore Girls will always be one of my favorite shows because while there are some problematic plot points (minority characters always being sidekicks, everyone is straight/cis [that I can remember, I confess it's been a while]) it remains one of the most progressive/feminist shows I've ever been exposed to. 

Lorelai's decision to keep her baby at sixteen was not used as an anti-abortion crusade, which would have been criminally easy; Rory maintains her focus on school through high school (and...sort of through college); NARAL and other feminist-y posters/books can be seen strewn about Rory's rooms at home and at Yale, etc.  It's an awesome show, except for that little food thing.

But, even so, it's not a major plot point, and the main characters themselves never groan about how fat they're going to get from all the burgers and pizza, it's mostly other characters that constantly comment on Lorelai and Rory's ability to stay thin despite shittastic eating habits and a supposed lack of excersize.  And isn't that kind of how it is in real life, too?  I'm no raw vegan, and I'm no skinny minnie either, I've never had any serious body issues other than a passing "Meh, it would be nice to be a single digit" but supporting charachters in my real life dramaz continually find ways to envy my non-figure gained by eating ice cream for dinner and taking escalators over stairs.  Lorelai and Rory's friends and family are the only ones really concerned with their slim figures, which is example #3252859723856 of women's bodies being acceptable centers of unwanted attention.

Similar examples of this weirdly common phenomenon, I'm told, can be seen on 30 Rock and Sex And The City?  I watch neither and can't find anything confirming/denying (I'd be shocked if SATC fell under this category), so maybe commenters can chime in?  Have you noticed this elsewhere on TV or in other forms of media?