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

[Anonymous]

oh, and look at this:

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

[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.

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.

I like your honesty!

[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.

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.

Bingo. That's the problem. Kid gets fat, stays fat, and has a lifetime of health problems. But oh well..... Tough break kiddo. At least you got a cool toy.

[Anonymous]

I think this would have been an interesting thread if race wasn't a part of it. Just another thread about black people and a way to put them down. Sad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this would have been an interesting thread if race wasn't a part of it. Just another thread about black people and a way to put them down. Sad

The past couple of posts have discussed obesity in all ethnic groups. We're talking now more about poverty and SES here than race... don't you think? Or is your reading comprehension low?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this would have been an interesting thread if race wasn't a part of it. Just another thread about black people and a way to put them down. Sad

It started out about race b/c the comments about black women "being big" from another thread caused a S/O

[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.

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.

You're right. I used to be on WIC and they had a voucher for $6/weekly of vegetables per child. That got me a package of button mushrooms, a couple green peppers, maybe a couple of tomatoes.

To the OP I'm calling shenanigans. You can't be that ignorant. There are plenty of fit healthy black women out there and yet they still will have rounded hips, a curved bottom, and muscular thighs.

I think your a bored troll. I doubt that your black and if you really are, you were clearly raised by non black parents in the middle of the whitest town in America. How else to explain a self professed black woman who is that ignorant of her cultural and racial background.

[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.

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.

Bingo. That's the problem. Kid gets fat, stays fat, and has a lifetime of health problems. But oh well..... Tough break kiddo. At least you got a cool toy.

That wasnt the point of the example. The point of the example was to answer *Why would I feed my family crap from McD's instead of making them healthier choices?* If you're working multiple jobs to make ends meet, your more worried with making sure your kid doesn't starve today. He may be fat ten years from now, but at least he's still alive. It's called *making the best of a bad situation*.

Which begs the question: *What's the solution?* I'll tell you what its not, and that's making snarky posts about poor people on your laptop or expensive computer, whilst relaxing in your cozy and expensively furnished abode.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this would have been an interesting thread if race wasn't a part of it. Just another thread about black people and a way to put them down. Sad

The past couple of posts have discussed obesity in all ethnic groups. We're talking now more about poverty and SES here than race... don't you think? Or is your reading comprehension low?

The actual post has nothing to do with poverty and everything to do with race.

[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....

Adding to this - it is actually possible to spend more money eating out (even at a place like MacDonalds) then cooking at home. I do understand the time aspect but if you look at the money it's actually less expensive. When I was growing up we didn't have much money yet we ate well.

Example - quick meal my mom did for us growing up. 1 can of cream of mushroom soup, pound of chicken to make a casserole with rice and broccoli on the side. So cheap and easy. Pound of chicken is what? $7-8 bucks? Can of soup just over a dollar. I can get a bag of rice for around the same. Frozen or fresh broccoli. Whole meal ends up being less then $10 and feeds a whole family with leftovers.

Or as my mom also did - baked chicken. One night as a meal with potatoes/veggies. The next day, leftovers for lunch and chicken hash for dinner. Day after that chicken salad sandwiches for lunch. When the chicken was picked over she'd boil it and make homemade soup.

Or a pound of beef. Make a pot of meatballs and have spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. Leftovers for lunch. Meatball subs for dinner. Leftovers toss into a baked ziti dish.

I do understand it's hard when you're short on time. But, what I do is to cook on weekends and have a stash of quick and easy things to do when the leftovers run out. If I have time I'll make something easy mid week.

The last time I went to MacDonalds it cost close to $20 to feed 4 of us and that was just one meal. The money argument is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

When we're talking about two-thirds of ALL Americans being overweight or obese, we're not just talking about poor people.

Also, when we're talking about 80% of black women being overweight or obese, we're not just talking about poor black people or city-dwellers.

We're talking about a nation and various sub-populations where being overweight is far more common than being normal weight. At the point we are at, being normal weight looks unusually "skinny" b/c people are used to seeing huskier people everywhere they look.

However, as the statistics show, black women are getting overweight/obese on a faster pace. We can come up with all kinds of explanations and reasons, but the biological effects are the same ... earlier death from weight-related diseases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When we're talking about two-thirds of ALL Americans being overweight or obese, we're not just talking about poor people.

Also, when we're talking about 80% of black women being overweight or obese, we're not just talking about poor black people or city-dwellers.

We're talking about a nation and various sub-populations where being overweight is far more common than being normal weight. At the point we are at, being normal weight looks unusually "skinny" b/c people are used to seeing huskier people everywhere they look.

However, as the statistics show, black women are getting overweight/obese on a faster pace. We can come up with all kinds of explanations and reasons, but the biological effects are the same ... earlier death from weight-related diseases.

well said

[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.

Its evident that the OP is the black person that claims to understand "her people" but would be clutching her purse walking down Georgia Ave.

THIS TOO.

[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.

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.

You're right. I used to be on WIC and they had a voucher for $6/weekly of vegetables per child. That got me a package of button mushrooms, a couple green peppers, maybe a couple of tomatoes.

To the OP I'm calling shenanigans. You can't be that ignorant. There are plenty of fit healthy black women out there and yet they still will have rounded hips, a curved bottom, and muscular thighs.

I think your a bored troll. I doubt that your black and if you really are, you were clearly raised by non black parents in the middle of the whitest town in America. How else to explain a self professed black woman who is that ignorant of her cultural and racial background.

OP here. No one in my family thinks that obesity is part of our culture. I have over 90 first cousins and only three are moderately obese. Many very good athletes. Both of my parents are black. I am quite black.

[Anonymous]

HUMM... these posts are making me hungry and I think I am going to run to the Mcdonalds.

signed,

fat white ass