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New US surgeon general criticised for her weight
The Telegraph ^ | 7/22/2009 | Alex Spillius

Posted on 07/22/2009 1:55:35 PM PDT by bruinbirdman

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To: mlizzy
Evidently her pro-abortness makes her fit enough

Have you a source for that or are you making things up?

I never heard of this woman.. have you?

21 posted on 07/22/2009 2:47:58 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: bruinbirdman

Mac Daddy likes some flesh.


22 posted on 07/22/2009 2:49:50 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: In Maryland

If she weren’t Black, you’d never have heard of her.


23 posted on 07/22/2009 2:55:40 PM PDT by blam
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To: tom h
I remember what I looked like when I was about 45 pounds overweight. You don't look obese but 45 pounds of fat on a 5'6" frame is a horrible BMI.

And this lady looks like she's got about that much to lose.

24 posted on 07/22/2009 3:00:19 PM PDT by Lizavetta (Politicians: When they're not lying, they're stealing.)
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To: bruinbirdman

The woman likes her fried chicken - a lot. Nothing wrong with that.

And collard greens slopped with butter, biscuits and gravy, big helpings of peach cobbler, pulled pork sandwiches, a few dozen rashers of bacon, buttered lima beans, scrambled eggs, deep fried perch and a side of southern barbecued beans.

I like women who appreciate good food.


25 posted on 07/22/2009 3:01:40 PM PDT by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
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To: 6-Pack; bruinbirdman

I would hit it, then brag to my friends.


27 posted on 07/22/2009 3:55:59 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
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To: Lizavetta

Liza, as a man I feel it is my duty to not discuss a lady’s weight, especially with lady under discussion. However, I guess I started this conversation.

That said, as a middle-aged fellow, I know that most women between 35 and 60 are not stick thin and it is pointless for them to seek such a goal. Dr. Benjamin unfortunately has the genes and bone structure of many other black women, but that does not mean she is unhealthy. OK, she’d look great if she lost 20 pounds and fantastic if she lost 45 pounds, but by no means should the nation obsess with her current weight.

In fact, given how many black women are truly obese, and the fact that Michelle Obama is relatively slender, Dr. Benjamin’s weight loss program might well the inspiration needed by several million black American women who until now have given up on ever losing weight.


28 posted on 07/22/2009 4:24:22 PM PDT by tom h
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To: tom h
Agreed.

But it rankles me that she, as surgeon general, is going to be handing down healthy eating and weight guidelines for America, which she herself obviously doesn't do. It's that 'do as I say not as I do' thing that rubs me the wrong way.

29 posted on 07/22/2009 5:02:42 PM PDT by Lizavetta (Politicians: When they're not lying, they're stealing.)
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To: bruinbirdman

Oh, my goodness, it’s not like she weighs 500 pounds. She’s a little overweight, like a lot of women. She ought to make an example of herself, telling black women that she’s going to lose weight and if she can do it, so can they.

This is not to say I favor her appointment, by the way. As I understand it she is an abortion advocate and has no experience with administration of anything, much less the massive bureaucracy of a federal agency. She knows nothing about public communications. She’ll be completely out of her depth.


30 posted on 07/22/2009 5:06:41 PM PDT by ottbmare (Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama!)
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To: freespirited
Not everyone has thin genes.

Thin genes? At some point there is a level of exercise and reduced consumption that will cause weight loss in anyone.

She has a high stress job

We all have high-stress jobs. If she can't deal with the stress of being a simple country doctor without eating to compensate, how can she handle the stress of being Surgeon General of the United States?

...and probably little energy left to jog 5 miles a day.

Running five miles a day would give her more energy, not less.

That said, as I noted in a previous post, I don't think she should be penalized for her weight--she looks fairly average to me--just for her pro-abortion views.

31 posted on 07/22/2009 5:11:49 PM PDT by ottbmare (Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama!)
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She’s a little overweight, like a lot of women.

Looks like a Beluga, to me.

32 posted on 07/22/2009 5:13:16 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: tom h
She's not that heavy. Certainly not obese.

She's about 50% BEYOND obese.

33 posted on 07/22/2009 5:14:24 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: bruinbirdman

But she is not caucasian and that makes it okay.


34 posted on 07/22/2009 5:20:48 PM PDT by Wicket (God bless and protect our troops and God bless America)
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To: steve86
nonsense
35 posted on 07/22/2009 5:41:04 PM PDT by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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To: Lizavetta

OK, now I understand the point of our disagreement. I think her weight is pretty normal for her age and genes; you think that any woman with her build is not eating properly.

I guess we’ll never know the actual facts until she starts talking about it. Looks like she’ll have to.


36 posted on 07/22/2009 6:13:48 PM PDT by tom h
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To: freespirited
"She has a high stress job and probably little energy left to jog 5 miles a day."

It is a high-stress job. That said, the average physician has a BMI well below the national average. Go to their conventions and conferences and look at them. They're lean, almost all of them. As for "jogging 5 miles per day," most of them would advise against it and in favor of walking, swimming, bicyling and other low-impact aerobics.

I don't know Dr. Benjamin's medical history, so I can't judge whether gluttony or laziness would account for her portly appearance. It may be beyond her control.

37 posted on 07/22/2009 8:22:45 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: tom h
"... normal for her age..."

It probably is normal for her age, at least in the US -- but is it healthy? As an example, hypertension is normal in 80-year-olds, but it's not a healthful condition. I agree with you that the best thing for her to do is discuss her weight publicly. It could encourage others with similar problems.

38 posted on 07/22/2009 8:29:30 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: mlizzy
"Evidently her pro-abortness makes her fit enough in the eyes of our king."

The fact that she holds that opinion as a Roman Catholic should give pause to most people.

But returning to the question of her weight, if I may, one would think that she would do everything possible to reduce it. Her father died of complications of hypertension and diabetes and, as a physician, she would know that her excess body fat puts her at risk for both of those conditions.

39 posted on 07/22/2009 8:38:28 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: humblegunner
You need to pay attention:

surgeon general abortion

40 posted on 07/23/2009 5:46:17 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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