S/O, why is the black woman figure big?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

So true. People with money and a high disposable income are often out of touch with reality, which is abundant evidence on this thread. And not only African Americans have high obesity rates. Rural white Americans are often morbidly obese too from fast food and soda. In the Metro DC area there are more poor black people, and so their problem with obesity is more evident to us. But just visit some impoverished parts of Kentucky and W. Va, for example, and you'll see high rates of Caucasian obesity and dental decay.

African Americans are actually the highest consumers of sugary soft drinks. Soft drinks are expensive but water is free. It's definitely an issue of being poor but also an issue of being less educated and understanding what to buy with limited funds. I remember reading an article years ago which discussed hw the AA diet used to be extremely healthy because AAs were very poor but they ate a lot of fruits and vegetables which could be inexpensively grown. Now, that prepared food is cheap and easy, we can see the effects of fast food on AAs and other poor populations, including whites and hispanics.

Please let me know where water is free....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

So true. People with money and a high disposable income are often out of touch with reality, which is abundant evidence on this thread. And not only African Americans have high obesity rates. Rural white Americans are often morbidly obese too from fast food and soda. In the Metro DC area there are more poor black people, and so their problem with obesity is more evident to us. But just visit some impoverished parts of Kentucky and W. Va, for example, and you'll see high rates of Caucasian obesity and dental decay.

African Americans are actually the highest consumers of sugary soft drinks. Soft drinks are expensive but water is free. It's definitely an issue of being poor but also an issue of being less educated and understanding what to buy with limited funds. I remember reading an article years ago which discussed how the AA diet used to be extremely healthy because AAs were very poor but they ate a lot of fruits and vegetables which could be inexpensively grown. Now, that prepared food is cheap and easy, we can see the effects of fast food on AAs and other poor populations, including whites and hispanics.

Ever heard of "Mountain Dew Mouth" ?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6863173&page=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

So true. People with money and a high disposable income are often out of touch with reality, which is abundant evidence on this thread. And not only African Americans have high obesity rates. Rural white Americans are often morbidly obese too from fast food and soda. In the Metro DC area there are more poor black people, and so their problem with obesity is more evident to us. But just visit some impoverished parts of Kentucky and W. Va, for example, and you'll see high rates of Caucasian obesity and dental decay.

Have you ever been to a grocery store in some poor urban neighborhoods? It is very hard to find healthy, organic foods at those stores. Years ago, I tried shopping at the Safeway pn Bladensburg Rd in NE. The produce was gross, lean cuts of meat and lowfat cheeses were not available. I had the luxury of driving across the bridge to Harris Teeter in Arlington, but most others in the neighborhood were not so lucky.

[Anonymous]

built like that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

This is a ridiculous argument and one that I hear over and over again. You don't have to be well-off to eat well. In fact, most people do NOT shop at Whole Foods. You can feed a family of 4 inexpensively. If I hear the "we eat at McDonalds because they're value meals are cheap" excuse, I'm going to scream. You may think that a $2 meal is cheap but you will pay for it down the road in higher health care costs due to obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

This is a ridiculous argument and one that I hear over and over again. You don't have to be well-off to eat well. In fact, most people do NOT shop at Whole Foods. You can feed a family of 4 inexpensively. If I hear the "we eat at McDonalds because they're value meals are cheap" excuse, I'm going to scream. You may think that a $2 meal is cheap but you will pay for it down the road in higher health care costs due to obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease....

Okay, tell us all here how to do that. When a single mom of four is working three jobs to pay the rent, she picks her kids up at aftercare (7:00 p.m.) and then goes to McD's. Full stomachs, and the kids get a toy. Takes an hour to get home (waiting for the bus for 25 minutes). Get home at 8:30, collapse. Do you think she's thinking of future health problems? Do you think she's thinking, okay, have to soak the beans for tomorrow and water my tomato plants on the balcony b/c I'm just so awesome and thrifty? I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

Living on a very low income --- What I learned is that you have to spend a lot more time doing things. Cooking at home takes a lot more time. Riding the bus takes more time. I lived on $50 A MONTH for food (as an adult). No food stamps. Lots of peanut butter, cheese and yogurt in huge tubs, pasta.

The $2 meal is EASY. That's what makes it attractive. If I had no income, and a family of 4, I could get over $500/mo. in food stamps in DC. I'd be eating very well.... not too different than what my family of 4 eats today, actually.

Suburban kids are getting fat too, and it's not b/c their parents can't afford good food or that the school lunches are bad (they aren't). They are getting fat b/c they have junk food ALL the time and never hear the word "no" from their parents. Maybe we are a nation of people who just don't want to tell ourselves "no." Maybe that's why the the individual debt load is off the charts and the weight is going the same way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

This is a ridiculous argument and one that I hear over and over again. You don't have to be well-off to eat well. In fact, most people do NOT shop at Whole Foods. You can feed a family of 4 inexpensively. If I hear the "we eat at McDonalds because they're value meals are cheap" excuse, I'm going to scream. You may think that a $2 meal is cheap but you will pay for it down the road in higher health care costs due to obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease....

Get back to the idea of food deserts. If you live in a place where there is no grocery store and it takes you two bus rides to get to the nearest Giant and you work long hours ... how are you going to get to that healthy food?!

There's not one single answer to the problem of obesity and it certainly is an issue that crosses all races, SES, etc. But get real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

This is a ridiculous argument and one that I hear over and over again. You don't have to be well-off to eat well. In fact, most people do NOT shop at Whole Foods. You can feed a family of 4 inexpensively. If I hear the "we eat at McDonalds because they're value meals are cheap" excuse, I'm going to scream. You may think that a $2 meal is cheap but you will pay for it down the road in higher health care costs due to obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease....

You know PP, I thought this way too and a part of me still does until my husband explained it to me just the other night. He took out a pen and paper and asked me to do the math. Just how much fruits and vegetables will $10 buy you at Giant, vs. how many happy meals you can get at Mcdonalds for $10. In other words, how do you feed a family of 3 a satisfying meal on $10?. Let me tell you, on paper, Giant didn't look too promising.

Most poor families are just trying to get by, which means, they live for today. Get through today, worry about tommorow, tommorow. It's an unfortunate reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

This is a ridiculous argument and one that I hear over and over again. You don't have to be well-off to eat well. In fact, most people do NOT shop at Whole Foods. You can feed a family of 4 inexpensively. If I hear the "we eat at McDonalds because they're value meals are cheap" excuse, I'm going to scream. You may think that a $2 meal is cheap but you will pay for it down the road in higher health care costs due to obesity, high cholesterol, heart disease....

Your point does not really change pp's argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

My next door neighbors are white professionals and the shop at Whole Foods exclusively...they are very large.

[Anonymous]

1. Most blacks are not poor, but most black women are obese.
2. Even if you feel that you must eat at McDs, try splitting a quarter pounder between two kids. Yes! it can be done! Nothing illegal about it! That way they get fewer calories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

My next door neighbors are white professionals and the shop at Whole Foods exclusively...they are very large.

I'm white, professional, and shop at Whole Paycheck pretty regularly (even though I shouldn't). I'm overweight, but it's not from fast food, soda, or chips... yuck. It's from croissants, cheese, artisan beer, etc. Yikes! Yes, I also eat a lot of fruits, veggies, and whole grains. Just probably too much of everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Black and I find this thread hilarious...are people really this ignorant?

It's no surprise that a large part of the population of black people in the US are poor. If you have $10 to feed your family, what are you going to do? Not everyone can afford to shop "organically" at Whole Foods. When you have hungry children and you can fill them up for $2 at McDonald's....that's what you're going to do. There's no concern about nutritional content...the concern is to rid yourself of gnawing hunger. Some of you people are clueless.....do you really think that the problem is simply that black women like to eat? OMFG....get a clue.

So true. People with money and a high disposable income are often out of touch with reality, which is abundant evidence on this thread. And not only African Americans have high obesity rates. Rural white Americans are often morbidly obese too from fast food and soda. In the Metro DC area there are more poor black people, and so their problem with obesity is more evident to us. But just visit some impoverished parts of Kentucky and W. Va, for example, and you'll see high rates of Caucasian obesity and dental decay.

African Americans are actually the highest consumers of sugary soft drinks. Soft drinks are expensive but water is free. It's definitely an issue of being poor but also an issue of being less educated and understanding what to buy with limited funds. I remember reading an article years ago which discussed hw the AA diet used to be extremely healthy because AAs were very poor but they ate a lot of fruits and vegetables which could be inexpensively grown. Now, that prepared food is cheap and easy, we can see the effects of fast food on AAs and other poor populations, including whites and hispanics.

Please let me know where water is free....

At a public drinking fountain.

[Anonymous]

http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/obesitycost/preface.php

take a look at this. The system can not afford this forever.