Posted on 07/21/2009 2:01:19 PM PDT by kellynla
Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Obama's pick for the next surgeon general, was hailed as a MacArthur Grant genius who had championed the poor at a medical clinic she set up in Katrina-ravaged Alabama.
But the full-figured African-American nominee is also under fire for being overweight in a nation where 34 percent of all Americans aged 20 and over are obese.
Critics and supporters across the blogsphere have commented on photos of Benjamin's round cheeks, saying she sends the wrong message as the public face of America's health initiatives.
But others support the 52-year-old founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic, citing new research that shows you cannot always judge a book by its cover when it comes to obesity.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
WHAAAAT...I just said she was a walking ad for Lipitor....a mite touchy are we??????
EXPERIENCE — Founder and chief executive, Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic, Bayou La Batre, Ala., 1990-present; chair, Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, 2008-2009; president, Medical Association of the State of Alabama, 2002-2003, trustee, American Medical Association, 1995-1998; diplomate, American Board of Family Practice; fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians.
EDUCATION — M.B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, 1991; residency in family medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Ga., 1984-1987; M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1984; B.S., chemistry, Xavier University, New Orleans, 1979.
QUOTE — “I can be a voice in the movement to improve our nation's health care and our nation's health. I want to be sure that no one falls through the cracks as we improve our health care system.”
It does appear she some (limited) executive experience, but no Public Health experience.
Is she someone I would have picked for a position that is a General? No. She has no Public Health experience - hard to head up an organization you know nothing about.
And yes, she would be a General
The Surgeon General is nominated by the U.S. President and confirmed via majority vote by the Senate. The Surgeon General serves a four-year term of office and is the highest ranking uniformed officer of the PHSCC, holding the grade of a three-star vice admiral while in office.[1] However, the Surgeon General reports to the United States Assistant Secretary for Health, who himself may hold the rank of a four-star admiral within the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Why aren’t men ever referred to as “full figured?”
0buma needs to euthanize her immediately....and not wait when she’s 65. She’s offensive to skinny, starving people and obviously has a huge carbon footprint.
put down the KFC , put your hands in air lady- now DANCE!!!
No she'll just force the rest of us to pay taxes on sugar, transfat and all around "junk" food.
What choice does he have?
What would Bluto’s reaction be to this pic projected on the side of the Delta basement wall?
Lol I can’t believe the MSM picked up on this meme against a woman who is by all accounts pretty nice. Get ready for the fat acceptance backlash.
Heard on a radio chat show last week that the good doctor does not believe that doctors should make a profit.
On the same line of questioning, why is it okay for a guy to be a little heavy, but every woman needs to look like a super model?
Thanks. I called 1-900-MIX-A-LOT
And now I’m sprung
Mmmmm Mmmm, maybe she can endorse Dunkin’ Donuts as a comfort food.
You might be right. I could see her doing NeutraSystem commercials wearing a bikini....whoa, whoa, whoa, getting a little too carried away there.
Why that's the home of Bubba Gump Shrimp Company!
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low
Ain't no crack so wide
That I can be fallin’ through.
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