Midnight Marauder said...
Take it from someone that gets teased all the time for being a vegetarian by people with diabetes, stomach problems, back problems, knee problems, and skin problems that some black people are fat and uneducated about eating properly! These same people always ask me how I can go without meat and they suffer from so many problems, at the ages of 30 and under! It's crazy!the good nurse said...
MM, I happen to know ALOT of fat assed vegetarians.....obesity is not respect of person....it can get attach itself to anyone who chooses not to care for their temple..Byrdeye said...
I agree. This society is "macho" and anti-intellectual. Hence, smart kids get teased in school. As do kids bringing in organic rabbit food rather than buying pizza.This is markedly different than the rest of the world, where people are admired for being smart and healthy - and thus idiocy and obesity are rare.
Until intelligence and health become COOL in this country, obesity and ignorance will remain blooming epidemics.
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Yes. Because (generalizing here) we eat the same garbage our slave ancestors did and aren't nearly as health conscious as we should be. Plus many of us don't teach our kids good eating habits either. (But then can't teach what you've never learned eh?) Overheard at the store where I work: “Girl put that down! That's diet [coke] you don't want no diet.” The girl was like 6 or 7 not even old enough to know if she likes diet or not. And she made it sound like she had picked the worst thing in the world.
“Girl put that down! That's diet [coke] you don't want no diet.”
Lol, wow. :o
Do you think a lot of Black people still think they're "too cool" to eat health food? I mean, can you imagine Ice Cube chowing down on a salad in Friday? There's still a mentality that health-conscious eating is less masculine, macho and tastes worse. As in, "real men don't eat rabbit food." Not to mention, it also requires more self-respect and discipline.
Also, I don't think non-American Blacks (say islanders or local Africans) have this problem, as they have their own healthier, non-Americanized cultural cuisine.
AMERICANS are fat. Not just those from African decent.
Preach nurse.
I recently heard from an MD regarding the US population that the avg size for a black woman is a 20 and a 12 for a white woman. I don't doubt that for a second.
This isn't all diet though. There is something to be said for avg ethnic body types & genes before you even start talking about diet & exercise. IMO, bad habits exacerbate a body type that takes less to get out of hand, produces more muscle or body fat (butt, breasts etc.)
Have you ever seen the avg somalian/east African girls ass? Diet can't trim that.
KP
The Standard American Diet (SAD) is claiming victims left and right from all races. Even if you can prove more weight consequences in Blacks, you would also have to account for the multitude of other fatal disorders/outcomes resulting from our addiction to comment SAD choices.
Take it from someone that gets teased all the time for being a vegetarian by people with diabetes, stomach problems, back problems, knee problems, and skin problems that some black people are fat and uneducated about eating properly! These same people always ask me how I can go without meat and they suffer from so many problems, at the ages of 30 and under! It's crazy!
MM,
I happen to know ALOT of fat assed vegetarians.....obesity is not respect of person....it can get attach itself to anyone who chooses not to care for their temple..
^ I agree. This society is "macho" and anti-intellectual. Hence, smart kids get teased in school. As do kids bringing in organic rabbit food rather than buying pizza.
This is markedly different than the rest of the world, where people are admired for being smart and healthy - and thus idiocy and obesity are rare.
Until intelligence and health become COOL in this country, obesity and ignorance will remain blooming epidemics.
Americans' macho attitude towards supersized, fattening food mirrors their love affair with bigger cars with bigger engines...which didn't sour until recently with soaring gas prices.
I think a lot of it is a Freudian size complex projection. Where if you drive a smaller car and eat less - you're less of a man.
Teasing seems to really bother some folks.
@the good nurse:
OMG. I remember learning about vegetarianism. I met one a few years ago at work. She's in terrible shape... overweight... and trying to sell us veggie books.
I guess poor food choices and crappy lifestyle habits reside in all walks of life from SAD eaters to vegetarians.
@hawa,
that is the TRUTH! Some vegetarians believe they can eat everything fried, and just because it grows from the earth that makes it okay....Good food choices, portion control, adequate excercise and most of all a SOUND SPIRITUAL base is the path to great health....
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