Posted on 02/03/2023 3:54:16 PM PST by RoosterRedux
A physician who came under fire for comments claiming that obesity is more of genetics than lifestyle in a “60 Minutes” interview earlier this month is now a member of the Biden USDA’s 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which will help determine dietary standards for Americans over the coming years.
Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, a doctor specializing in obesity medicine at Mass General Health in Boston, claims diet and exercise have little impact on the disease that affects nearly half of all Americans, so what does she think people should do about it?
“The number one cause of obesity is genetics,” Stanford told CBS’ Lesley Stahl.
“That means that, if you were born to parents that have obesity, you have a 50 to 85% likelihood of having the disease yourself even with optimal diet, exercise, sleep management, stress management,” she added.
Stanford elaborated during the interview to claim that an overwhelming majority of U.S. doctors hold a bias toward obese patients.
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A Deep State Doctor.
If some of these obese people were taken to live with the Amish(real Amish, not Free Republic Amish) I bet they’d be skinny in no time. Lots of chores, and hard manual labor, plus no snacks between meals.
You're doomed...so you might as well revolt.
She’ll fit right in with the “men are women” crowd.
Either this doctor is stupid or she has an agenda...or both.
So a ghetto-potamus is result of genetics? Wow, thought for sure she would have called fat being racist.
She is wrong.
The primary cause of obesity is gluttony.
All the people I know who are obese consume large amounts of food AND dont like to exert themselves physically.
Her publications are full of stuff on “diversity, equity, and inclusion”!
A good fit for the biden administration, but not real science!!!!
Were there any fatties in Buchenwald?
Exactly right.
I’ve lived in an area in Ohio populated by the Amish and Mennonites for over 30 years.
NEVER have I seen a fat kid or adult among them. I have see a few (less than 5) slightly overweight, old grannies.
Black women are fat because they’ve been oppressed by whitey.
Just ask Oprah and Mike Obama.
I am in my 50s. If obesity was genetics how come I do not remember all the obese people on mobility scooters and fat kids?
If obesity is genetics, then why bother being an expert in nutrition?
““That means that, if you were born to parents that have obesity, you have a 50 to 85% likelihood of having the disease yourself even with optimal diet, exercise, sleep management, stress management,” she added. “
That’s a damnable lie.
Good point!
I’ll say it again. It’s deliberate. Biden is hiring every crackpot and crazy he can find. It’s like “The Producers” of government. He wants the failures.
So is she in the half of the women in FJB’s administration who are women or in the other half of women who are something else?
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