yeah it is plain and simple but we seem to think of it as a blessing cause like granny and big mommas use to say (give that child something to eat and put some meat on his/her bones)well granny here we are in the 21st century with a country full of fat lazy stupid fuchs who have know idea of how to lose all that fat granny put on ur big azzes.and yes black women are the biggest and they see it as being fine and good looking until some doctor gets up in ur face and gives you choice of losing it or getting some shyt cut off ur fat azz then its time to rethink ur way of life!!!!!!!

Why do people think Obese is just fat sloppy and down and out. DId u know the skinniest people can be obese because of what they eat skinny people think they can eat all they want it may not show on the outside but some are honestly obese in health

Dose the media look over the millions of white and latinos women that are obese all so..last i seen obeseity is an American problem..i also see many obese blackmen,,another thing is looked over, black women are in differnt sizes,,not just obese!!

YES! I don’t even see black women working out, running, in a gym, etc. unless her jobs requires it (model, stripper, side-chick/ gold digger). They are still talking about their ‘baby fat’, when they haven’t had a baby in 10 years! Black women need to get serious.

if a blackwomen have a small waste, hips an tone, arms an legs.. in white society she is still looked at, as being obese..an there is many over weight people..that are healthty an many so call normal size people who are not..its all set up to make black people, look bad

Well. . .we as a culture convince these sisters that being thick(and let’s face it, many of the ones who claim to be “thick” cross WAY over the line into just plain fat) – looks good and is desirable.

many black women work out at home,,like on stander bikes,an etc,,a person dont have to go to the gym an jog outside to work out besides there are workout dvds also,

This is a real issue and me and my lady damn near go to blows over it…thats part of the problem its one of those touchy subjects you’d rather not even touch on. Not all brothas like obese/ thick women I’ll take a fit sistah any day.

“African american women are obese..”
“African american women can’t find a man..”
“African american women should date white men instead…”
“African american women have herpes…”
“African american women could learn from the Kardashians on how to keep a black man…”
“African american women median worth is about $5.00..”
“African american women too vain to breastfeed their children..”
“African american women are rude…”
“African american women are among highest for HIV virus..”
“African american women are the highest in percentage of single mothers..”

It is AMAZING the lengths that media will go to in order to MASS turn everyone including and most importantly, the BLACK MAN, against the MOTHERS OF CIVILIZATION. I am appauled at how easy most of you can read anything about the black woman and run with it like it was carved in stone. To EVERY black man that has something negative to say about black women, keep in mind that same black woman nurtured you as well and at times, all by herself…And A LOT of you BM have the nerve to be stunned or chagrined when you see a black woman turn her nose up at you and run to a white man…
I shake my head at you all for being stormed, confronted and BEATEN by this propaganda against your own women…

some like em thin, some like em thick

long as she’s HEALTHY its all good.

I wanna see sisters live a LONG & HAPPY LIFE.

stop it. just cuz u cant get a fine black woman dont hate, step ya game up. no, black women are not heavier than any other race, they all eat the same sh!t. the problem is the european definition of beauty which is pushed on us to make us hate ourselves. im so surprised no one has this opinion. think about it, how often do u see a white womans azz on screen (even pornography)? could it be that black women are killin em in that department and and anyone could see that? ive even heard white women on talk shows, claiming their azz is too fat (now we all know thats some bs), its all a ploy to take shots at the natural beauty of our black queens.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS POINT…not all people are alike. the idea that there is one definition of beauty is bs fed to us to lower our self esteem.

now califemme23, u wanna know y the media is so critical of black women that dont look white? because black women are often the nucleus of her imediate family, so if u can alter her opinion of what beauty is, u dont have to worry about her offspring. i know im right, u dont have to tell me.

any black women who feel they’re 2 thick…trust the judgement of your STRONG MINDED black man, and not the corporations who are trying to sell an over priced, unhealthy diets or some pill that u will get ultimatley get addicted. reading these posts, i see how mj thought he was ugly, even though he had millions of fans who thought otherwise. my beautiful thick queens please dont fall for this propaganda because if u dont believe ur beautiful, the whole world cant convince u of otherwise.

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Odoggz, it’s quite apparent you suffer from self-hatred;you’re total lack of disrespect for black women is disgusting; you obviously don’t have a black woman or any woman for that matter! Now, back to the topic. Yes, obesity is a problem among black women and the reason being is we have to work maintain the household which includes taking care of kids, deal with everyday stress of not earning enough, praying to God for strength and endurance, all the while dealing with negroes who insist on being nothing…..not all mind you but this is the reality in my world, I see it everyday. Stress affects people on different levels and some choose to eat…..I know because I was there but thank God for allowing me to see what I was doing to myself and making a change. Extra weight of any amount is not healthy, you’re in denial if you believe otherwise. Thank you God for sending me a man who loved me when I was bigger and encouraging me.

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@infinite_question,CaliFemme23,sophinal40,Nightowl358,and PrincessLisback…I agree with all ya’ll and to CaliFemme23 girl I had to re-post this part of your statement.)

“African american women are obese..”
“African american women can’t find a man..”
“African american women should date white men instead…”
“African american women have herpes…”
“African american women could learn from the Kardashians on how to keep a black man…”
“African american women median worth is about $5.00..”
“African american women too vain to breastfeed their children..”
“African american women are rude…”
“African american women are among highest for HIV virus..”
“African american women are the highest in percentage of single mothers..”
And don’t forget we are to PICKY,ON WELFARE,with 5 or more BABY DADDIES,OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT SMARTER than WHITE children,LIVING IN LOW INCOME HOUSING/APT. EVERYBODY know that BLACKS(WOMEN)are on the top of EVERYTHING WRONG…while the WHITE RACE LEAD IN GOOD AND THE OTHER RACE COME AFTER.

@duncan69-Don’t blame your granny nor big mama for how you gain weight…now you got to blame FDA and the GOVERNMENT for what they put in our food. Food is not home grown like back in the day…its got ALOT of things put into them to make them grow faster so your not only looking at weight gain your looking at health problems as well. Which that cover ALL RACE of people NOT JUST BLACK WOMEN.
@odoggz-Please go to another gym and just maybe you might see some black women. Hell you might see some really at the 1 your at if you STOP looking down on them. Sh!t you claim they look down on you…well hell maybe its because of statements like your making. So are black women really looking down on you and turning their nose up OR is it really YOU?

LOL @ Cali…damn when you put it like that—its scary!!!

I just wanted to add that what whites consider ‘obese’ is FAR different than what blacks consider ‘obese’ for white women if you have hips and thighs your morbidly obese. So Im going to take this with a grain of salt,

@whomever replied,
First, if you come in here with your bullsh1t defense of fat women, you’re a loser. You’re just saying sh1t to look better to people, oldest trick in the book to get low hanging fruit. Step your game up, that tactic is lame! Next, some of you read too much into things, becoming way too emotionally involved, and trying to make words, others say, personal- most importantly, you take things out of context. Don’t be offended, just read and recognize. It’s true, too many black women are not caring about their health. Simple as that, nothing more or less. Most have bad eating habits, from the type of foods eaten, to how it’s consumed, and then don’t work out either. That’s the reason the CDC has so many black women popping up with more and more health issues, EATING DISORDERS leading to obesity, leading to the other health problems. If that offends, oh well, get a life, get life insurance, then do better, but stop trying to act like it’s not true.

Get real ducandonuts man I seen some fat azz brothers oh yeah they use the term muscular what muscular in your fat azz pinky. It aint just the sista yes some of our women need to stop with the thick shat its played out.

But, sistas aint the only one’s obese and rolling down memory lane. I seen non black women so big I was shock to see a brother all teeth in grinning holding this whales hand, but, oh no, if it was a sista all brothers

would have just thrown her a bone and say your on your own. Well sista keep your head up we already know how some of the men in our culture roll right on to the fat and flabby non blacks but won’t help a beautiful sista out negro plllllllssssss

get piss all you want don’t like my comment than don’t diss my beautiful black women…

Ya gotta understand that we live in a eurocentric society. White people look at 115-120 as a perfect size. Hell 80% of black women is not built to be that size, cause most black women is built with wide hips and thick thighs. If you get a black woman and a white woman, with the same % of body fat, the black woman is stiil gonna weight more, because a black woman is built to have a bigger muscle mass.

If you black and believe any thing this eurocentric society tells you about black people, your a f**king fool, but muthaf**kaz believe what them crackaz say. Hell I dont wanna see black women walking around with their ribs and backbones showing, that s**t aint cute.

infinite_question, I couldn’t help it brother….Yes, you are right! lol

CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/MiSz_PiNk_DiamOnd,
Thank you sisters, atleast WE know this is another FOS (Full Of Shyt), article posted to yet again give black men a reason to walk away with their noses turned up at us…

Real_Bumbleclot, You know we love you…

@odoggz-You fine more obesity in white people today than you do of black women. Some white women go and have sh!t added on to have a body like a black woman. My weight is 120pd and its alot of white and other race of women who are bigger than I am. So for a high rate of black women to get obesity is crazy when you got so many who is working out trying to keep in shape and look like what america think they should look like.

“African american women are obese..”
“African american women can’t find a man..”
“African american women should date white men instead…”
“African american women have herpes…”
“African american women could learn from the Kardashians on how to keep a black man…”
“African american women median worth is about $5.00..”
“African american women too vain to breastfeed their children..”
“African american women are rude…”
“African american women are among highest for HIV virus..”
“African american women are the highest in percentage of single mothers..”
It is AMAZING the lengths that media will go to in order to MASS turn everyone including and most importantly, the BLACK MAN, against the MOTHERS OF CIVILIZATION. I am appauled at how easy most of you can read anything about the black woman and run with it like it was carved in stone. To EVERY black man that has something negative to say about black women, keep in mind that same black woman nurtured you as well and at times, all by herself…And A LOT of you BM have the nerve to be stunned or chagrined when you see a black woman turn her nose up at you and run to a white man…
I shake my head at you all for being stormed, confronted and BEATEN by this propaganda against your own women… <<< repost from califemme, always speaking the truth as usual!!

I cosign this all the way. I am usually the not the type to say there is a war against black people, but there seems to be some vendetta against black women. Especially on BLACKPLANET… i am not understanding this.

I’d seen MANY ladies in MY area work out, go to the gym and look great, but there are some that needs to look at this thick/fat thing for health reasons…..diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular diseases, but I’d know SKINNEY ladies than US thinks they’re all that and has hidden ailments, too….
I don’t bash, but a lady with EXTRA pounds has to watch it (us men, too), especially if you had relatives who had the SAME ailments back in the day…..

How could this article be a vendetta against black women…when its a black woman who wrote it..lol..but at the end of the day its all propaganda…obesity isnt considered a norm…its just that black beauty n standards r different from any other culture…dont bow down to what white people consider beautiful..lol.

@StickUP_Kid….You must understand that the Black woman is under attack as well as the Black man. They just use a different approach toward Black women when attacking them.

Make no mistake about it.
This is no game.
This is real, and these people, the system of racism/white supremacy, are serious, relentless, and hell-bent on our ultimate demise.

There is definitely a war against us, and right now, we are at such a huge disadvantage. Outside of faith, resilience and hope, we have to stay on our feet and fight. There are no other options.

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Nothing from the ranting editor except hating on our beautiful Black Women…We love our women for they are pretty hot and thick

@CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST
Who gives a shiite about white girls? This is talking about BLACK WOMEN! You’re confusing the issue here. I’m talking about working out to be HEALTHY, you’re talking about my superficial/cosmetic reasons. The simple fact that you don’t get the difference, IS THE PROBLEM! There is this rebelliousness, with black women, about working out, like you’re doing it to fit a white people’s model, so YOUR OWN MODEL is to be fat and keep expanding, hoping some loser will call you ‘thick’, impregnate you, and leave you for some other chick with low self esteem. That mentality has to stop. The lack of emphasis on HEALTH is why it’s OK TO BE FAT AND BLACK. That’s the point of this article. BLACK WOMEN react to anyone agreeing with the post, I know half of the women reading it, had a chicken bone in their mouths, while at the keyboard, and thus were offended. Do better! 120lbs is good if you have a nice ass, so put some shots up so I can see some ass, thanks.

I continue to be disappointed by the ignorance and willful blindness of a large number of my people. As soon as someone reports a FACT that even if it wasn’t well-researched is plain for anyone to see, its automatically an attack on black women, black people, black culture, etc. This is not a beauty issue, it is a HEALTH issue, and one that all of america, not just our people, is struggling with.

And before you say i hate black women/big girls/big black women i’ll come out and say it: Yes, im married to a white woman, and like many americans she struggles with her weight. I was also raised by a lot of big beautiful black women whom i love and adore still to this day. I still encourage them to look at a healthier lifestyle. A little more exercise and a little less deep-fried food is not a bad thing.

I’m a black woman and SEVERELY proud of that. White and/or Jewish media doesn’t dictate my self worth. I am so valuable and there ain’t nobody that could convince me otherwise. However, I think some of the BW commenting are being extremely defensive. See the truth is there IS a serious problem with black women and obesity or being overweight (there’s a difference). Not talking about the fact that we don’t fit the “you should be this weight at this height” requirements, that’s not the issue. HBP, diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease are very prevalent in the AA community as a whole. I see a lot of excuses and justifications for BW being overweight and we need to deal in reality. We have to do better. I recently was diagnosed with HBP and high cholesterol. Now prob most men like my “thicker” body shape but these “enticing thighs” are contributing to my likelihood of an early death. It’s about being healthy and setting examples for our children not fitting into white society. It’s not always an attack, it should be a wake-up call. And guess what? My HPB and cholesterol is COMPLETELY my fault! Yes I was under severe stress at work, but I didn’t help it by eating out all the time (single w/o kids) and not making time to work out. Obesity is a pre-cursor for so many diseases why would we justify some bullshyt like that?

Someone said “Maybe u don’t see them @ the gym cuz they work out at home” You didn’t believe that when u wrote it. Stop making excuses. I’m getting this ish together NOW before I have children so I won’t be a fat sloppy cow in my forties taking 10 diff pills b/c I’m too lazy to go walk around the block. I had a friend who just had a baby and almost DIED afterwards b/c she was obese, had HBP and still didn’t exercise or eat vegetables while she was preg. Her BP was so high she was in ICU and basically had a stroke. Baby had to be taken early b/c of her BP. Let’s not blame society or the no good men we CHOOSE to deal with let’s be accountable for ourselves because we are worth it.

@Carolinagirl, Stickupkid, and Califemme

You all are just perpetuating more ignorance by continuing to post that long list of bullshyt! Ladies don’t concede to that mess, take what information you can use from it but don’t claim that and continue to pass that info around. We do have issues in our community that we need to address and work on but it doesn’t make us inferior. I wouldn’t trade places with any woman of any other race. I’m good right where I am

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@TruSouthern_Belle
Thank you for saying that. If I said it, I’d get blasted with hate.

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First of all, ‘obese’ is a loaded term whose definition actually CHANGES as more and more studies come out, so I won’t address that, but I can address ‘fat’.

Some men and women are genetically predestined to gain weight a lot easier than most of us, so I’m not referring to them…

But with all the Diabetes and high blood pressure running through Black families (mine included), I can’t understand why there are so many fat Black kids out there. More specifically, our Black little girls are TRAINED to EAT, but to be afraid to SWEAT. And I KNOW you all know what I’m talking about.

I hear way too often, from Black women and the Black girls I used to teach, that they don’t like to SWEAT, b/c of their hair…WTF! You’re a HUMAN BEING, NOT A MANNEQUIN!

If some (not all) Black women spent as much time fixing their core bodies as they do with their extremities (hair, nails, lashes, lips), then ‘studies’ like the one in this article would not even be printed. Don’t blame the messenger because it hurt you to read it.

I get put on trial every time some Black idiot shoots up the block or gets caught dealing. I overhear people talking about how ‘violent and savage Black men are’ after reading/seeing something in the news. I don’t diss the article written about it. I just make sure I don’t end up in the NEXT article and work toward keeping other Black men/boys from starring in the next COPS episode.

Trust, I know plenty of Black women who are fit and have dated plenty of curvaceously-FIT Black women, so I KNOW this issue doesn’t pertain to even the majority of Black women, but when I see so many Black kids that are just plain FAT..I have to wonder what the hell the parents are thinking.

It was NOT a good day, when my dad’s doctor told him he had exacerbated his Diabetes and had really HBP from eating unhealthily and not working out enough. He could have died. I was NOT happy to hear that it was in my blood, too. That sh*t was scary.

BUT, he started to eat healthier, and worked out regularly, and waa-laa..he has it under control.

If you’re an adult, do what you do. If you want to eat, eat, eat, and workout never…fine, do you..but lets not continue to preordain our kids to diseases that they can avoid just by eating less/healthier and breaking a sweat everyday. This isn’t rocket science here.

TruSouthern_Belle, I have no clue as to why you posted that rhetoric my direction, but to each his/her own…That really made no sense…maybe you misunderstood my post…

StickUP_Kid, Yes indeed sister, there is definately a full on war against us, and it’s one of the most difficult kind to ‘fight’…PSYCHOLOGICAL. I’m most pained by the exposure of so many weak one’s of our race collectively. The quickest way to bring down a great power is descension in the ranks…ENTER MEDIA PROPAGANDA….

easy_one65, Jewels from you…..always

Well well well! !1st I live in NYC and came from Downsouth and see being obese comes from having Indian blood..A majority of Americans are Indians not Africans…Africans are not obese…Its many obese Spanish people because of the Indian blood…Big Pun for example…and being from the south doesnt matter either…Anyone can be obese with Indian blood…!

Some people throw rocks at the easiest target. the big ,fat lazy, overeating stereotype of the black woman that some of u all painted in your comments is not always true, some don’t have the time or money to live healthier lifestyles. I myself stand 5’8 196pounds , yea I’m what some call overweight, but I’m healthy, I eat healthy and exercise regularly with my husband and have regular doc visits. I also see lots of other black women in the gym and on the trail walking in my neighborhood, but I’ve been afforded the privilege of living in a upper middle class black neighborhood where a lot of black women can take 2 hours out of their day to exercise and can afford to buy the healthier choices at the grocery store. Furthermore some of you skinny people aren’t as healthy as u all look or should be, eating mcdonald’s and KFC because u don’t gain weightisn’t healthy, the high cholesterol and plaque buildup around ur hearts will cause the same heart attack that the 300pound chick might have, point is, stay healthy and be happy.

OPINION: Is Obesity Considered A Norm For African American Women ……

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…

Califemme my 2nd comment included your name b/c you were one of the three that decided to re-post the “African American women are (negative statistic)” list. I believe I made much sense and I totally understood your post. You went off the deep end about the media’s view of BW then you segued right into BM that aren’t checking for BW and then ended it with the “that’s why I had to get me a white man” bit.

Re-read the article, there was nothing there to support your rant. Regardless of how ppl may view us we still need to deal in reality.

“Obesity is a serious health issue, and with African Americans being the most obese group in the United States it is a growing problem that needs to be recognized. Every culture has their own standard of beauty but when it comes to threatening health, it should be altered slightly”

-This is the premise of the entire article, but it seems you missed that in your thinly disguised berating of BM. But you’re right, to each his own.

@JohnnyWalker… thanks and you made some good points as well

Obesity is a promblem in the black community period. As a nurse for 10 years I have taken care of more obese blackmen than women. I have taken care of more black men with high blood pressure,diabetes and other disease processes. Due to obesity. Obesity is not only due to overeating,stress.medication,disease process ,genectics,and poverty. black men kill me, they complain about black women being overweight but they will go out and get a fat,gross and dirty white women.

It is cheap to eat unhealthy and expensive to eat healthly, a lot of black women I guess don’t have time to workout,they are to busy working jobs and providing for their kids. Kids that are abandoned by their black dads

i have a friend who has been told by her doctor to lose weight for HEALTH reasons and the same friend has allowed her 15 year old daughter to get to 300lbs. there’s a family down the street from me who has 4 obese females from ages 9-35. we know what “thick” is but this article refers to obesity in black women which can be a serious health problem so TruSouthern_Belle thanks for sharing your story and Johnny_Walker-good post.

I think some people are confused….Clearly it is an attack. Why? I’ll tell you why. What do you think theyre comparing us to? WHITE WOMEN. When I go to the Dr’s office and it says that at my height I should be a certain weight and Im not, therefore—Im overweight correct? My mother was 5’8 160, that’d make her bout 30-40lbs overweight according to the height vs weight chart…Yet she was a size 6 with practically a flat stomach. But those charts are GEARED towards white women. I work out, I go to the gym 5-6times a week, I had a white female personal trainer. She hated having a ‘big butt’ She worked so hard to get rid of it, she as well as most white women–think any curves is a sign of morbidly obesity.

People are so blind it kills me. If you RESEARCH you WILL see that Anorexia and bulemia is EXTREMELY PREVALENT in WHITE WOMEN. HOWEVER it is EXTREMELY EXTREMELY RARE in NORTH AMERICAN BLACK WOMEN. WHY?? Because WE are confident in our bodies. So to appease the white women, these charts are made to tell them how to look, and when WE dont follow that, we are stoned to death and called ‘obese’. In WHITE AMERICA you can NEVER be ‘too thin’ but yes in black america we are built differently, I mean come on, you have to be blind to think that a black woman and white woman can look exactly the same at the same weight. If they made a chart for black women, something tells me this article would be obsolete

@odoggz-My point is WE as BLACK WOMEN UNDERSTAND its a HEALTH problem and WE AS BLACK WOMEN ARE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM and NOT LOOKING AT IT LIKE THE ARTICLE STATED. As being (OBESITY CONSIDERED A NORM FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN?)NO ITS NOT…WE AS BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN,WORKOUT and WE HAVE STARTED TAKING BETTER CARE OF OURSELF,WATCHING WHAT WE EAT,GOING TO THE GYM,WALKING,WORKING OUT MORE AND ALL THE ABOVE. SO WHY WOULD THEY WRITE AN ARTICLE STATING SOME BULLSH!T (IS OBESITY CONSIDERED A NORM FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN?)When its a HEATH PROBLEM WHY NOT STATE ALL WOMEN INSTEAD OF POINTING FINGERS AT JUST THE BLACK RACE? Do you see my point im making? Im sick of everything pointing down at the BLACK(WOMEN)RACE as if WE are a group of FAT LAZY A$$ people WHO don’t CARE about OUR HEALTH AMONG EVERYTHING ELSE. This article is MISLEADING people into thinking even more WORSE about US(BLACK WOMEN.) And your point is WE SHOULDN’T POINT THAT OUT? Newsone along with all the rest of them has done NOTHING that I have saw to ADDRESS the STEREOTYPE OF BLACK(WOMEN)PEOPLE IN NOTHING THEY WRITE. When they write articles they MAKE DAMNSURE they put us down in SOME KIND OF WAY. Even IF it start off GOOD it some how change to the STEREOTYPE of the BLACK RACE. WHEN WILL THIS NET HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO STATE OR WRITE ABOUT THE BLACK RACE BOTH WOMEN and MEN? Hell we know ALL that is BAD so WHERE is the GOOD or do you just believe what they are stating?
P.S.
And by the way come by and you can get a peek at the a$$ shot.

@TruSouthern_Belle-You must feel like a fool right now with your comment if you think for 1 min that this article is written for your HEALTH REASON. BECAUSE its NOT however it is ANOTHER attack on the BLACK WOMAN and BLACK RACE PERIOD. This article ask(IS OBESITY CONSIDERED A NORM FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN?)(I say HELL NO is this a problem in the WHITE RACE OF WOMEN HELL YES IT IS. I see FAT WHITE people EVERYDAY more than I see in the black race.)Its MORE and MORE white women getting fat and OBESE is where the white women get their bodies to look like the black womans body and SOME are just FAT period.(Seeing those things happen WHITE america put blame off on BLACK WOMEN by throwing dumb a$$ articles like this at us)Now seeing this IS TRUE…why make the STEREOTYPE of ONLY the BLACK WOMEN? In your own statement you said,you workout…so IF thats the case WHY make this STATEMENT as a RACE PROBLEM IF ITS A HEALTH PROBLEM they claim to be…SO concern with? You think you know it all YET you have got it twisted ITS NOT JUST THE FOOD YOU EAT…ITS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT PUT IN OUR FOOD TO MAKE IT GROW and FDA PASS IT for US to EAT THATS WHERE THE HEALTH PROBLEM COME IN AT. Among other things going on in your life play a BIG part in your weight gain and HEALTH…you got to know your body and what your body go threw everyday from what you eat to what you drink and what medicine you take,where you work and what you breathe in PLAY APART OF YOUR WEIGHT GAIN and HEALTH PROBLEMS. Water can even make you gain weight. Did you know that are do it take another down grade article to tell? WE as BLACK WOMEN know of this matter and MOST OF US DO TAKE BETTER CARE OF OURSELF so WHY ask the bullsh!t a$$ question WHEN we ALL READY KNOW THE ANSWER? This article is MISLEADING people into thinking even more WORSE about US(BLACK WOMEN.) On top of that its MISLEADING you as WHY SOME BLACK(WOMEN)PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS. And your point is WE SHOULDN’T POINT THAT OUT? Newsone along with all the rest of them has done NOTHING that I have saw to ADDRESS the STEREOTYPE OF BLACK(WOMEN)PEOPLE IN NOTHING THEY WRITE. When they write articles they MAKE DAMNSURE they put us down in SOME KIND OF WAY. So get TRUE FACTS and DON’T GRAB THE COW BY THE TAIL AND RUN WITH IT BEFORE YOU REALIZE ITS A BULL.(JMRBTY)

@MiSz_PiNk_DiamOnd-You go girl I do agree with you.

@TruSouthern_Belle-Another thing did you know that STRESS is the NUMBER 1 HEALTH PROBLEM AMONG THE BLACK(WOMEN)RACE. And PART of the PROBLEM go to BULLSH!T ARTICLES LIKE THIS ONE WHO PUT THE BLACK(WOMEN)RACE FRONTLINE AND CENTER OF EVERYTHING BAD.(JMRBTYA)

I believe MiSz_PiNk_DiamOnd said it best. Black women are being compared to white women not only in the weight category but every category. If a black woman is 5’6 145lbs. she is fine….very fine. If a white were the same height and weight I wouldn’t know whether to milk her or hit her with a harpoon. Black women carry their weight very well, considering the average black woman is naturally strong which equates to muscle mass.

By studying science we know muscle mass is heavier than regular mass (please see Serena Williams). Remember when black women were put into cages and viewed by the white towns people as freaks because of their big butts, big breast and small waist. White women ever since have been trying to be like black women. Heck, black slave women breast feed little white babies because white women wasn’t equipped to. When I say breast feed I mean that the slave master would force the black slave women to drain her milk so their baby could drink it. Didn’t want you to get confused there.

We need our own studies and our own chart. Every race is built different so one size doesn’t fit all.

@odoggz, I have not directed any comments your way but this time I have to make an exception. It seems you have a problem with black women. Why? I read your other thread/forum postings and was sadden at your utter contempt for them. Once again why? Prime example:

“I know half of the women reading it, had a chicken bone in their mouths, while at the keyboard, and thus were offended.”

No they were not as offended as I was. Yes, some black women and black men don’t take care of themselves like they should but to be blatantly stereotypical with the ‘chicken bone’ comment is playing into the hands of the media which this particular article represents. White people have deemed what is acceptable and what is not. Every race has practiced this since the first invasion of another country.

It’s fine to have a ‘spirited debate’ but to play on stereotypes is fundamentally wrong. We need to stand with our women because no one else will.

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”

@ Carolinagirlsrdabest Wow… so much in your statements to negate. I don’t feel like a fool in the LEAST bit. I feel like someone who is realistic and not scared of the truth.

Firstly, stress is not the number one health problem for women HEART DISEASE is (which obesity is a pre-cursor for BUT I DIGRESS). (ALL WOMEN, white and black) Secondly, I hardly believe you when u say you see more fat white women that black women. I don’t believe that b/c as a whole white women are more vain AND white men are NOT attracted to large women not even thick women. Look at the women white men worship Megan Fox, Sarah Jessica Parker, Heidi Klum, Angelina Jolie ALL of those chicks have bodies like 12 yr old boys. Black women aren’t pressed to be thin b/c we know brothers appreciate our shapes so we don’t put as much emphasis on being thin and it has BACKFIRED for SOME of us! That’s the sum of this article but u can’t see that past your obvious bitterness. I don’t know everything but I know more than you… water can make u gain weight? You can def RETAIN water but water will NEVER make u fat. Blame the government for being obese? Yes there are loads of hormones in the meat and milk but the USDA isn’t driving anybody’s fat ass to the Bojangles drive thru everyday GET REAL!! It seems you’re the one that needs a date with the truth. And let’s say this article is part of the “plot to tear down the BW self-esteem”, why not take something from it? When the herpes data came out do u not think it made more black women look at how safe their sex life is? Same thing with the HIV statistics, none of that stuff looks pretty and it is disheartening but instead of going the hell off TAKE WHAT KNOWLEDGE YOU CAN FROM IT! In almost every lie there is some underlying truth, don’t reject it.

Obesity is a risk factor for SOOOO many diseases yet your ignorant behind is JUSTIFYING and attempting to give BW a pass for being FAT! Shapely hips and round butts are beautiful but hearts attacks ain’t cute! My grandma said there can only be one fool in an argument and I hereby award you that title. DEUCES!

I’M GOING TO STAY THICK AND BEAUTIFUL F**K WHAT THE MEDIA THINKS KEEP BIG BLACK WOMEN ALIVE. BIG GURLS RULE.

I do not compare my sister’s to white women, but I do compare them to my Mother and her advice on how a woman should stay fit, eat right, and by all means, keep the weight correct.

Is it the norm? I’d have to say yes, for the majority. I do not like unhealthy over weight sisters that shove anything in their mouth that the good ole’ USA say’s is edible.

If you like this brother, tall, fit, clean, and handsome, we guess what? a brother is definitely expecting the same. Not just Keeping it Real, I am just keeping it honest.

Peace

I never said that there wasn’t a problem with obesity in the black community, but it is a problem with both MEN AND WOMEN. Hell obesity is a major problem in America as a whole. My issue isn’t with the article, I agree with most of the post. My problem is more so with why black women are always under fire, I rarely see articles on news one about black men and the studies that are done on them. And not that their needs to be a tit for tat situation happening, it just seems as though News One, always has negative things to say in regards to black women. And I really dont see what was ignorant about what califemme posted.

And the BMI calculator does not take muscle mass and other factors into consideration. I am not making excuses for women that are severely overweight, I just wanted to mention that.

@TruSouthern_Belle-No girl you got it twisted and you keep your own title ignorant is YOUR real name. I never stated their was NO obese nor obesity in black women. I said,WE GOT THAT POINT YEARS AGO WHEN THE WHITE MAN POINTED THAT OUT IN EVERYTHING. So you mean to tell me…YOU just now learned from this topic? So tell me what did this topic tell you that you like many more of us already know? Yes its FAT black people and YES its even more fat white people. Look at all those fat white people in all those movies both men and women. And don’t think for 1 min a white man want date nor have sex with a fat white woman or black one. Booboo somebody has told you wrong. They do it all the time. And black women always have had to lose weight to fit in to the white america. So tell me something I don’t know? You hop on the bandwagon of down the black women and they threw your silly a$$ off because you hadn’t got the picture yet(THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU TOO). Im not scared of the truth…yet you ARE. You truly believe what this news topic is saying about black women/people. Just like the herpes topic…c’mon now. You think that this was the first time herpes was spoke of? Your really dumb if you think this was an eye opener for black women. Herpes has been around for along time just like aids…yet they stated blacks got the high rate of aids. The first person that was spoke of on TV was Rock Hudson who was white and died of aids. Yet topics like this only down the blacks and point them out on ALL the WRONG and BAD things and UPLIFT their race as the GOOD and PURE and people like you fall for it. This was another down grade to the black women…NOT the TRUTH. Just as this topic and all the others are pointing at the black race in a BAD way. Since you think that newsone is so for the black(women)race. Then show me a topic that SPEAK GOOD ABOUT THE BLACK(WOMEN)RACE. I want hold my breathe…on that one. I see you keep asuming I gave black women a pass SHOW me that in my statement. I said,im sick of these topic speaking in bad terms of the black(women)race and they have YET to POST anything good. So what KNOWLEDGE DID YOU LEARN? BECAUSE ALL THIS BULLSH!T I learned years ago and as a woman you would be a fool to not know…your own body and to keep it safe. Yes SOME black women don’t YET you got that in ALL RACE OF WOMEN. This NET is SUPPOSE to uplift the black women/race. I have YET to read anything to uplift us. As Califemme23 and myself stated the list…it was only what when LEARNED FROM THIS NET YOU KNOW THAT KNOWLEDGE YOU SPOKE OF YOU NEED TO FINE YOURS AND USE IT BECAUSE YOU LOSTED IT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE HELP BASH BLACK WOMEN LINE. AFTER YOU FINE YOUR KNOWLEDGE GO YOUR A$$ TO YOUR DOCTOR AND ASK HIM/HER WHAT IS THE NUMBER 1 CAUSE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS DEALING WITH BLACK WOMEN AND SEE DON’T HE TELL YOU STRESS. Im not afraid to speak the truth and talk about what I have learn…its you who ASUME sh!t and run with it. Like I stated before YOU GRABBED THE COW BY THE TAIL AND RAN WITH IT BEFORE YOU REALIZED IT WAS A BULL.
P.S.
Let me point out how dumb you are YOU stated( Shapely hips and round butts are beautiful but hearts attacks ain’t cute!)KML-HEART ATTACKS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE FAT SMALL SHORT OR TALL NO WARNING SIGNS…and its NOT CUTE ON NOBODY. KNOWLEDGE WANT HURT YOU AT ALL IF YOU CAN LEARN IT AND UNDERTSAND IT-booboo.

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@Henna Kathiya WTF, please read this title again. ARE YOU SERIOUS. Where are these BP bloggers coming from?

@bvince
Seriously, is that the best you could do, man? If I said a “ham sandwich” was in their mouths, when they were typing, would you have said that was a racial stereotype too? Come on now, you’re grasping at straws with this black stereotype of chicken. Is that the best you could do? Take the chicken bone comment out, you’re counter argument is baseless, really, although I did appreciate the debate.
Next, most black women are not Serena Williams, so don’t throw her name out there. Most black women are not loaded with muscles, as you suggest. The Williams sisters train religiously to get that body, unless you’re saying that black women do that workout all day too- or that they naturally have what the Williams sisters worked so hard to get????? Riiiiight. What we mistake, on regular black women, for the REAL thickness (like that of the Williams sisters), is a bunch of fat stuffed in loose pants (making them seem like tight pants), and making the body seem solid. Huge, fat legs that seem shapely, we call that “thick”, when it’s hard fat, and although not the same density as muscle, is actually pretty heavy itself. The fat that a lot of black women collects, turns into hard fat, which is dangerous, and people like to think that’s muscle and it’s cute. It’s NOT! and it’s unhealthy. It’s also harder for your body to pump blood out through this stuff, all over your body. So point still stands.

@ Henna Kathiya:

Are you just stupid or stuck on stupid in the parking lot?

As one with a detailed background in healthcare, instead of spitting on our people with your “observations and findings,” GET OFF OF YOUR ARSE AND BE PRO-ACTIVE ING PROVIDING ADVICE AND REFERRALS in helping these bros. and sistas that may be struggling. I’ve observed obese persons as well from shaking-jello and out of breath to unable to walk at least a block without stopping to rest!

Yes, it IS alarming. And the solution is…as black people? CHANGE the relationship to FOOD. The foods (including pre-prepared. etc.) that are selected, how by culture, specific foods are prepped.

For anyone that got lost along the way? MANY of these foods are the chit that at one time blacks HAD to eat to survive and the cast-offs from former slave-holders. For example, the entrails or intestines of a PIG. You may know it as chitlins.Unless there is a glandular or endocrine problem occuring, weight acc**ulated can be lost.

No one “inherits” fat cells—they make them. Walk if you cannot follow a regular exercise regimen. It sure beats the hell out of looking for a chair as the FIRST thing of interest when one enters a room. And on another note, it’s “odd” that black folks are the “talk of the day” in health issues and what they are not doing. Yet, MORE emphasis is placed on HIV prevention and transmission than say, SEEING A DOCTOR ON A REGULAR BASIS IN KEEPING AN OPTIMAL LEVEL OF HEALTH?

Why is this? I’ll let you tell it.

TruSouthern_Belle, I see YOU just don’t get ‘IT’. I see you don’t get the way that blackplanet aims everything directly at BLACK WOMEN as opposed to ‘americans’ period, when it comes to a negative light.

They’ll post pictures of the kardashians in all praise, pictures of lady gaga, and any other wh0re marching around the world of a different race but when it comes to US, its always something to start a full on fire amongst BM and BW…Wake up girlfriend…That is why I posted the titles of those articles..

CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST, Misz_Pink_Dimaond and the StickUp_Kid caught on to IT immediately…the fck is wrong with YOU???

Much love to my afore mentioned sisters…Thank you ALL for NOT falling for this BS that is thrown at US atleast 3 times a week!

On another note though, Kathiya is a Russian name. I told you these sites were outsourcing their writers!

@CaliFemme23:

“On point.” Did not take a rocket-scientist to note that yes, many of these commentaries DO disparage and marginalize sistas. In terms of health-care, BOTH bros. and sistas are at the FOREFRONT “for everything that ails ya,” in terms of birth rates sistas lead the pack. “Come to Cali.” Hispanic illegal aliens are spittin’ out crumb-snatchers like it’s the thing to do. And crime? The focus is ALWAYS on the black males locked up. Riddle me THIS, Robin? If blacks are 12% of the population and there are OVER 42 million illegal aliens…how is it that the stats are disportionate for black males? The bottom line is that the faces of black people portrayed are the faces that the mass Media, etc. want the public to perceive.

Yes, there are health-related problems in our black race that need “emergency care,” that cant’ be denied. But to continually “put the message out there” that sistas have “no redeeming or admirable qualities?

IS highly suspect. Carry on…

I agree with Johnny_walker. Don’t be angry because not everything depicted by the media concerning afr/am is always positive or completely true. But surely there is some truth in any article or story put out there. For those that are ranting about the article..remember the saying “the hit dog hollas”. Take care of yourself people.

Their nothing finer then a beautiful african american thick sista. But evolution scienist and doctors are the weaker other race of people. They made the height, shape, size, and weight standards based on their weaknesses. When you take an african american woman who has the same height, shape, and size as a woman from another race. The african american woman will always weight more.

Why? Because of our fortified muscles tissues, espeically in our buttock, thighs, and calves which in other races, their is more fat tissues than muscle tissues in these same areas. Muscles tissues weight more than fat tissues. And african american bones are harder and stronger so our bones also weight more, then other races of people. And thicker and stronger skin weight more.

I make it a point not to pay attention to people who can’t clap to a rhythm of a beat. People of evolution have delusions of grandeur.

Even when I was 185 lbs, I could never fit military issue slacks due to my muscular legs and what my momma gave me. But someone out (guess who LOL
) there decided that those pants were the norm… The norm for who, is what I’d say.

There is some truth to the article. Those of us who are grossly overweight need to take care of ourselves. Those of us at the “ideal” weight need to take care of ourselves too. There are plenty thin people with health issues from an unhealthy lifestyle.

This is not a BLACK woman issue, it is an American issue. Americans are fatter now from fast foods and poor dietary practices. Those dietary practices include not eating four to five small meals a day. Those dietary practices include skipping breakfast or any of the meals of the day. Those dietary practices include eating prior to bed.

Then there is working out. A good cardio, stretching, weight regimen is great. Not only does it do wonders for the body, but the mind as well. I know there are times I want to punch a senior NCO, officer or two in the face, but that work out relieves that tension. WOOOOOSAHHHHH LOL

Thick, fat, skinny, whateva. Take care of yourselves (men and women), be happy with yourselves, love and respect one another. =D

@odoggz “So point still stands.” Hmmm…..

What point would that be? Your obliviously biased attack on black women or your thought-less ‘points’ brought on by delusional highly divisive attempts at skirting the issues without contributing anything positive to the conversation? With you one can never tell. However, I will attempt to reconstitute our previous discussion or ‘debate’ as I so recall.

The only point that you said that SOME validity to it is that black women are told that they are fine regardless if they are truly fat. However on that point who determines what is fat and what is not. A black women (such as Serena) is considered fat…..*wait* didn’t you say that she was fine? But the same studies say she is fat. Serena’s body type is even different than that of her sister’s. You can have some weight on you and STILL be healthy, and you can have too little weight and be unhealthy.

Study some more okay? White have the highest death rate among women even with their social advantages over black women.

And yes the chicken bone comment was derogatory no matter how you try to spin it. Nice try at ‘walking it back’.

phazex_female, Right back at cha sister!
ON POINT! But MOST black people, sadly, DON’T GET IT!

Thank you queen for being so very RARE in this society!

XX_Random-Thought_XX,
You are absolutelty correct. I’d also like to point out that black people make up roughly 13% of the general population of america. “Almost two-thirds (about 66%) of U.S. adults age 20 or older are overweight — about 62% of women and around 71% of men” Are we to believe that the majority of these stats are black women? This makes no sense. So to the woman who said that Carolina was wrong that there are not more white obese women than black obese women TOU are wrong as it is IMPOSSIBLE for that to happen.

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People understand one thing, America wants and enjoys keeping people food stupid!!! If you really understood food, where it comes from and what is done to it before you see it all pretty and nice, under those bright supermarket lights, you would’nt touch it with a ten foot pole! The processing that is done to meat alone is unbelieveable. The amount of salt and sugar added to food for taste and appeal keeps your blood pressure high and gives you the nice roll of fat that Dr’s and the makers of all those “get slim quick” products need to keep your money coming in.
Do your own research, you’ll see what I mean!

I see alot of u people on here dismissing the numbers, acting like there is some conspiracy against black women, well i have to go with the saying “men lie, women lie, numbers dont lie!” I think the problem is nobody wants to admit what the problem with the black community is, I love sisters dont get me wrong, but the orgin of the current problem in our community is the black women! I mean they are the first teachers of the children, they pick what kind of mate to breed with, I can go on all day about this, but the bottemline is we need to address these issues instead of just writing it off! Why do u think black people have more health issues than any other race? Why do u think that we have a shorter life span? Obesity is a problem in evey community, but it effects the black one more! There is no conspiracy agains black women, but this may be hard for alot of u guys to admit, but the orgin of the problems in the black community begins with the black women!!

vamanoo7 – Spell and grammar check.

Our Black women have long had the problem of being overweight. It is caused by socioeconomics. Blacks are less educated and therefore earn less. Poorer people will tend to consume cheaper, more filling foods which contain more fattening products. There is also the perception by Blacks that the more curvatious looking you are the more appealing to others of your race you will be. So, big thighs and big rumps on Black women have become the norm as opposed to the slimmer, magazine type model look. I confess that I personally enjoy the look of a more curvy women but belieeve that is due to the subliminal indoctination of what sexy is suppose to look like.

As a people we love to eat. so SHUT YOUR PIE HOOOOOLEs. Stop blaming the devil and making excuses and quit stuffing your faces. Correction. We need to stop stuffing our faces.

Let me start off by saying I completely agree that this ENTIRE nation has a weight problem; not just black women. I also completely agree that the media puts a lot of negative scrutiny on black women which saddens me. I also agree that genetically speaking black women are made to carry more weight than their white counterparts and be just as healthy. Please, let what I just said sink in before continuing reading so you know what angle I’m coming from.
OK, having said that, the article is pointing out the truth when dealing with our community. Stop being overly sensitive about it. When it comes to straight up numbers of course there are more white people (women) who are obese than black women. We are a minority after all. But when it comes to percentages we are much higher in that category. Its not a conspiracy, its hard numbers. Go to the Center for Disease Control website and find out for yourself. WE…ARE…UNHEALTHY. And the trend is disturbing. I know many of you on here immediately say to yourself why are they attacking black women again? I feel you on that but it should be understood that BP/News One will put the focus on the black community as they should. And why not? This is an issue that SHOULD remain at the forefront until we hopefully turn it around as a people. Again, stop being so sensitive and focus on what we should do to fix it and not that there is another news report on it. Maybe one day there will be an abundance of articles/reports saying how black women are the fittest group in the country. Wouldn’t that be a beautiful thing? Lastly, in all fairness, there are plenty of articles saying how the black manhas once again done something stupid and don’t have his ish together. Do I really need to go down that list?
As for me, I’m in my mid-30′s work out 3-4/wk, play ball regularly and generally eat right with the occassional cheeseburger (moderation). I have two daughters which I occasionally exercise with and try to instill in them the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. And thats where it begins…

this article is based on ignorance. Black people can’t use the European weight standard. Blacks have more muscle mass and denser bones. Just because a sister has a big booty doesn’t make her fat. But if she looks like Mo’nique or Gabby, thats a different story

Cut madness, this whole country is full fat arse. Everyone needs to realistically work on their diet regimen and work out!!! Notice I said everyone cause chey palely won’t dare call a spade a spade. As far as the BMI is concerned, that malarkey is for the birds. The BMI was created for the means of drum role please…………MONEY. Yep I typed it.

Take care of yourself and your health and skewed views and stats (which are also never accurate) won’t get you all excited.

peace

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@rudeboy2x-Im going to asume you was throwing those stones at me. So im throwing some back at you and I hope it hit you in the EYE’s. First off WE NEVER STATED that it WASN”T any PHAT/fat black women nor that SOME black women WASN’T obese. HOWEVER we are pointing out that EVERYTIME an ARTICLE is WRITTEN IT IS SOMETHING BAD AND TO DOWN GRADE THE BLACKS(WOMEN). They COMPARE us to OTHER race of women and then PAINT A PICTURE that we are the worse people who walk on this earth. From how we look,to what we wear,our size,where and how we live,not able to keep a man/happy,to having babies and not breast feeding them to living on welfare,and crime. With a big top off with having the high rate in herpes and aids. EVERYTHING you read or see on the news and net is NOT ALWAYS TRUE about BLACKS(WOMEN). IF black women was so unhealthy and so many was obese or obesity…do you really think it would be that many of us left? We as blacks(women) have come along way and NOMATTER HOW MUCH WE HAVE CHANGED AND IMPROVED OUR LIFE…WE WILL NEVER IN THE EYE OF WHITE AMERICAN BE BETTER THAN THE WHITE(WOMAN)PEOPLE…IF YOU LET THEM TELL IT. How was this article helping ANY BLACK WOMAN…by the statement it is sending out? The question itself was WRONG. So how can you help a person if you ask dumb a$$ question like that and write NOTHING UPLIFTING…TO SHOW AMERICA JUST HOW MANY BLACKS(WOMEN)ARE REALLY HEALTHY and DISEASE FREE? AFTER ALL IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE A BLACK NETWORK TO HELP UPLIFT THE BLACK RACE. So yeah you might hear a dog HOLLA when its HITS yet A MEAN DOG WANT HOLLA AT ALL IT WILL ATTACK YOUR A$$ WITH NO WARNING.(By the way would that be a white dog or black dog,male or female dog,poor or rich dog?) And for the person who stated(MEN LIE WOMEN LIE NUMBERS DON’T)SMACK the HELL out yourself for that remark. WE know both men and women lie…so tell me how the NUMBERS DON’T when 1 of them got to PUT the number count in? Still shaking my head and LOL at that 1.(JMRTY)

I tried to stay out of this one but after reading some of the posts I just couldn’t. As usual, so many people want to get defensive whenever someone says anything that they don’t like. Face the facts people. It’s not about meeting white standards of beauty. It’s about health. It’s about how many black people have diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart problems, and other weight related issues. Stop getting offended by everything and try to be rational. No one is telling anyone to be a size zero to be healthy. Look at Serena Williams. She is very fit, sexy, and healthy but she is far from rail thin. She is not the norm but it just goes to show that you don’t have to be as skinny as a broom to be healthy.

Well where I am black women are big I don’t care what you say And it’s not healthy I don’t care what white women are doing that’s not who i’m looking at. we are big and not serna big but hippo big big bone my a34 As black people we need to get a grip you want to compare yourself with someone that can’t hold a candle to black women but if you keep doing what you do to your body not exericing eating bad smoking you will be fat you will die. set your on standards as black people. and the i have kids stuff if you tuff enough to stand up to your man and you can’t find 1 hour out for you, then you not who you say you are. stop looking at the studies and start looking at us the studys will go away. you know what to do. we could be talking about something more important than if we fat. if you are fat or a little over weight than handle up. that goes for both men and women.We are loving people be loving to one another tell the truth if you can’t walk up the stairs then do something about it, big or little just tell the truth.

It’s NOT normal…but unfortunately, it’s common. I agree that black women are beautiful (as are women of all other races), but good health is good habits in diet, exercise and lifestyle not just appearance. If you eat crap you’ll look and feel like crap. Some of us have to work harder to not allow our weight gain get out of control…if that’s you, then suck it up and get it together! It is important for people to take responsibility for their lifestyles, including what they eat. Just because it tastes good, doesn’t mean it’s okay to eat it. Just because you look good at 250lbs doesn’t mean you’re healthy. Of course there are many exceptions (thyroid disorders, diabetes, disabilities). No excuse to be out of control…and this does not only pertain to black women, thank you very much :-)

every year past 30 you have to eat one percent less just maintain you current weight without gaining. I go to the gym 6 or 7 days a week and im still fat.but at least i go and i do enjoy going. it always has to be about who are you seeing at the gym, why are you going so much and is there somone your seeing at the gym, but if i ask my lady to go to the gym with me its like asking for money and i get every exuse in the book why she doesnt want to go. So go in and hit the raquet ball, do water aeorbics, walk on the track or outside find something easy at first that you like to do and build on it. exercise should be something that is fun. but most women i talk to would never want to hear those comments. I have many more feeling about this situation but i will defer those comments. the one question I have is that why is it if you care about someones wellbeing whether it be smoking or the like folks get so defensive about it. happy holidays

some black women are fit !!! but i do see a lot of them that are just sloppy too thick and just not right.. ,,dont get it twisted theres a big differece between slightly plump which is cool.and just sloppyy or too big…some females try to kick it to me (the big ones) and it is the most awkward and uncomfortable situation cause i dont like them!!! please girls stay fit

I’m a black female who has never been “fat.” However, I do know many who are. And I know just as many who aren’t. I see just as many obese white and latino women (and men) as I do black. Black women, however, do have the unique hair issue which often prevents us from participating in vigorous exercise that the other races can partake of without extra time and expense. Personally, I think these articles that point out our deficiencies are designed to make us feel worse about ourselves and justify black mens’ pursuit of other races.

Point blank everyone needs to be healthly. The USA has to be the least fit nation. Habits need to be broken and changed! We celebrate way to often with food in thi country. I’m finding as I age I have to eat less because of being an athlete in the past my body has taken a beaten! I am truly thankful for the shape my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! My body in a temple! Altough I think my body may have failed me. I know he never will!

I hate the word thick, the vast majority of black women who call themselves thick are fat. I work out at a local park, I barely see any black women there breaking a sweat, maybe it has something to do with sweating out their weave but like @odoggz said too many mofos trying to compare fit azz Serena Williams to the Water Buffaloes roaming every ghetto across the country.

I don’t mind a lady to be a LITTLE thick, I know it’s harder when you get older ro lose and tone your body, but I HATE that term THICK and not fat WTF???!!! It’s the SAME thing to me!
I know there can’t a;; be Serena Williams or JHuds, but if one LIES to me about being thick, but end up being fat(also saying they have curves in ALL the right places), I rather tell them I like those on a 1958 Olds 98…..

Don’t believe the hype. Lies, damn lies, and statistics. Raw numbers, just by virtue of their numbers in the population there are alot more obese white people than black. There are appox. 39,600,000 white women that are considered obese, around 33 percent. So no, it is not the norm for black women. Don’t be coon-ditioned by what you see on t.v.

@odoggz ” Kathiya is a Russian name. I told you these sites were outsourcing their writers!”

Are you serious? I suppose you have an African name? She might be mixed and her father or mother might be Russian or she could have been adopted. My last name is French, but I certainly am not.

I like what AFROSWEETIE said best:

“It’s NOT normal… but unfortunately, it’s common. I agree that black women are beautiful (as are women of all other races), but good health is good habits in diet, exercise and lifestyle not just appearance. If you eat crap you’ll look and feel like crap. Some of us have to work harder to not allow our weight gain get out of control… if that’s you, then suck it up and get it together!”

EVERYTHING IS A STATE OF MIND… YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK… IF YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND… THEN YOU WON’T QUESTION… IF YOU ARE STUPID… THEN YOU WILL HAVE QUESTIONS… EITHER WAY KEEP IT MOVING…

Is it? because obesity is not befitting of black women in any other country, first America was trending anorexia and bulemia thats what made these white women models at size zero,did anybody question whether that is normal.?
.Now Americas is on a healthy fast food kick!! thats why people are obese because they are being told 8 glasses of water a day and all four food groups everday is a healthy diet..its called GLUTTONY and America is known for sensationalizing unhealthy habits like burgers and french fries..and a Mcdonalds on every other block as long as the health chart is on the wall YOURE GOOD!!

Black_Queen09, “… IF YOU ARE STUPID… THEN YOU WILL HAVE QUESTIONS…”

WRONG! It is the truly intelligent person that questions…The stupid one’s never do…

Everyone’s comments and opinions regarding the subject of America’s “obesity” problems as well as African American “male and female” obesity issues are rooted in part in some truths. By the way there are Facebook pages such as ” Black Women Do Workouts” as well as other Internet outlets to dis-spell the idea or concept that “Black Women Don’t Take Care of Themselves or Workout”. I’m a fitness and wellness trainer and as I was reading each of the comments hoping someone would be able to trace our overall cultural “weight management” problems further back than “Big Mama” and/or the government’s “Mass Production” food programs. If you think about it…things like black women worrying about their “hair” and sweating is a fairly current phenomena. As a field slave or house slave, sweating and how one’s hair would look after working was not as important an issue as was how one would secure and take care of the family. It can be traced and doc**ented, that our self image issues such as “being thick” and “being worthy” of our best physical presentation was addressed when we started dressing up to please ourselves…our physical bodies was never as important as was how well we dressed aka “cleaned up” for say…sunday services, nights out on the town, weddings, funerals, etc… This is still true today. If we are to truly become a healthier and wealthier race of African-American people, we are going to have to begin teaching and training the next generation to value and appreciate their pysical presences from a different perspective than what you are wearing or how well you dressup. Though the sheer number of “obese” White Americans out number that of African Americans, it appears that one of the differnces is how White American culture attaches a higher value to what they look like versus how they feel about what they look like. Of the White American clients I’ve trained and encountered, many of them see obesity as an obstacle to their life goals and ability to maximize their future opportunities. Contrast that with the African American clients I’ve trained and encountered, mostly black women…they don’t seem to have the same values regarding their weight as having much if anything to do with impacting their life goals and/or future opportunities. My own African American family members both patrichial, maternal as well as in-laws, etc… mirror – share this same mind set of “it really isn’t that big a deal.” BOTTOM LINE…given the present course of our national and black cultures, many of our public black images, our countries ideaolgies regarding weight, and the sheer long term cultural endemic conversations of being black “African American” in America, it is not likely in the near future this trend of African American men and women being more “obese” or more in tune with their wellness and mortality will change. So, I applaud those who are finding their way, and continue to love and embrace those who have not quite found their way in the struggle to be as healthy as one can be. :-)

I believe that Black women see this as the norm. Most of the Sisters try to hide the fact that they are fat by calling themselves “thick” or “phat” which is BS. As soon as I see a Black Woman that is 5″5 225 lbs, she is fat. I don’t care how good you look. Unfortunately, most of our Sisters don’t care about their health and that is a total turn off to me. Once “thickness” is no longer confused with “fat”, then come at me.

“Califemme23″ IF YOU WAS TRULY ON MY LEVEL… THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD MY STATEMENT… BUT BEENING THE LITTLE DUMMY THAT YOU ARE… IT’S ONLY NATURAL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS… EITHER WAY I WON’T WASTE MY TIME EXPLAINING TO A DUMMY…
KEEP IT MOVING LAME… NOW WATCH THIS FOUL A*S DUMMY TRY TO COME AT ME… DUMB A*S FOR REAL… NO DOUBT… ANYWAY GOOD LUCK WITH THAT DUMMY…

@onedeepbruh: I agree. Alot of sistas think it’s ok to be fat and walk around with their fat bulges poking out under their blouses and from the back of their jeans. I find it unhealthy and unattractive. For me, 5’5″ and 225 lbs is WAAAY too fat. No woman should be ever over 150 lb unless she’s over 6 ft tall. I like a thick sista like all black men but my philosophy is, if I can’t easily scoop you up in my arms “threshold” style then you’re too heavy. I understand our history and how some of us were “bred” like cattle to create sturdier and bulkier models and those genetics have been passed on in some of us. But sistas dont’ help themselves by gorging on sweets and high calorie foods. Come on ladies. Nobody wants to see your fat gut hanging out like a dock worker. Don’t you want to be able to fit into clothes off the rack rather than going up to the next size??? Eight glasses of water a day. Thirty minutes of exercise a day (a brisk walk with a friend at lunch time is easy and fun). Lay off the heavy breakfasts at McD’s, BK or Dunkin’ Donuts (one of those breakfasts can sometimes be over half of your daily food, sugar and sodium allowance). Eat a salad for lunch at least 3 days a week. Light dressing. Count your calorie content. Back off the junk food and no eating after 8 pm.

Schelby, perfectly glad that I know plenty of women that dont fall into your ’150lbs only if your over 6ft tall’ rule. Seeing as how my mother was 5’8 160lbs and a size 6…I think that proves your fallacy.

Anyhoo, to be clear—the height vs weight chart—which is what is used to determine obesity—has nothing to do with health. As many have stated, over and over and over again—a black womans body is DIFFERENT than a WHITE WOMAN’s body. If you dont get that…STOP POSTING. I mean how idiotic can you be to not realize the apparent difference between us?

And schelby, please stop posting your idiotic statements. It tuly is aggravating. ‘No eating after 8pm’ your body doesnt know what time it is! Your body breaks down fat the same way it does ALL THE TIME. There are NO scientific studies to back up late night eating adding on pounds. Man I swear…

If anything BM are the ones who are severely overweight and obese, I see that more often than I see BW. THEYRE the ones likely to not go to the doctor, ignore fading health signs, eat extremely unhealthy foods and less likely to exercise. But I bet theyll never do an article on that though.

Schelby, GTFOH! No woman should be over 150lbs unless she’s over 6ft tall??!?!?
I’m 5ft8, 178lbs, no stomach hanging, breasts don’t ‘sag’, I’m very healthy and I keep my kids playing sports, roller skating, swimming etc…
Get a clue homeboy and stop reading ‘VOGUE’ and watching Brittney Spears videos…

You sisters be killing me with this “black women’s bodys are diffrent”! That is just a excuse of why u guys are overweight! How can we say that we are equal to every other race and then turn back around and say that are bodys are genetically diffent? The only case for that would be if you are a athelte, which clearly some of u women are not!

Oh yeah one more thing, there are more obese black women then black men, when i go to the park to play basketball, most of the brothers there are in shape, getting exercise, i dont see to many black women running around the park!

Real talk you over a buck fifty I’m gettin duck city!! I believe this study is close to accurate, living in the south you see alot of overweight people. Its a big turnoff if a girl weights more than me and I’m under 140. Walk/ run do some exercise and please put the burger down. Thanks

Black women may have a different physic or bone structure but we are NOT “different” when it comes to the ability to maintain a healthy weight. I must admit, I do not exercise as often as I should. However, at 5ft 7 inches, age 45, I weigh 148 lbs and wear a size 8 comfortably. How do I maintain my weight you ask??? PORTION CONTROL!

You don’t HAVE to eat everything in sight just because it tastes good. Cut back from all that breaded deep fried foods….and PLEASE cut back on the breads and all that soda, and cook brown rice instead of uncle bens white rice at least a few times a week. Brown rice is more filling and low on carbs.

Please stop feeding all that poison to your children also. Have more veggies on your plate and don’t put slabs of butter of cheese on them. I have never been on a diet. I have children in their mid teens are more conscious about what goes into their body than I am. For that, I am grateful.

No “man” is 140lbs let alone UNDER 140lbs.

Misspinkdiamonds, so being fat or a certain weight makes you a man or woman? I see you didn’t miss a meal but I’m 24 6’2 138lbs and alot healthier than you. I used to model and because I take care of my body better than the average man than I’m not one? This must be why why your perimeter needs to be measured In meters. You’re definetly a woman, no two women.

LOL Aw I hurt the boy’s feelings :(

@pantherg08-No disrespect but,your wrong…it is a difference between black women and white women other race of women as well. Yes we both are females yet we are different in alot of ways. Just like black men and white men are different as well. Our body frames are maded different. I was told that I was fat and im only 120lbs tall and compared to a white woman im fat. Which I know im not.

@NOitall-You 6″2″ and your weight is 138lbs and you think thats cute you want a woman who is less than that…damn what can you do with eachother other than start a fire? I be damn if im dating a man who is that skinny and weight is close to my size. That don’t look good at all. Yet to each their own…just don’t run nor treat anyone disrespectful if you don’t want it to come back on you.(JMRTY)

Carolinagirlsrdabaddest@ umm have you seen my pic and do you own a mirror. I look better than you and I’m a guy. Women
love prince and Drake and guess what? they are about my size but shorter. You don’t wanna get on the beauty level cause you will lose. FYI I didn’t initiate anything, but I will finish it.

@NOitall-NO and don’t want too either. You sound gay with that comment and poobutt NO NEED to quess you put love infront of two men so I got my answer. And you wouldn’t look better than me on my period standing outside in the hot sun with cramps. Now FYI don’t start nothing you can’t finish.(JMRTY) :)

Carolinagirlsrdabaddest@ Wow, you’re dumb and ugly. Saying women like prince and drake doesn’t make me gay, it just supports my claims. You said I don’t look better than you (beauty is definetly in the eye of the beholder) yet you haven’t seen
my pics. How do you know if I’m unattractive if you’ve never looked at my pic? Yeah DUMB and UGLY!!!!

@NOitall-The same way you stated it about me. WOW is what I say as well you look gay and you calling me ugly…girl please and dumb will fit you better. You on here claiming you will run from a woman who weigh more than 138pds yet not fat. You sound like a smoker. And Drake don’t weigh 138pds nor do Prince. And yes I know they don’t. Prince is less than 138pds and Drake is alot more than that…so get your facts straight FYI. SLMAO at you calling me ugly poobutt with that 1 head shot you need to shave and clean that face up before you start calling ANYONE ugly. Looking like you 1 of the gay dancers in the backup group for Lady Gaga. lol :)

@NOitall-You really don’t NO anything…TO CLEAR THE AIR SOME WOMEN LOVE PRINCE AND DRAKE BECAUSE THEY ARE RICH AND FAMOUS…NOT because of their BODY size…just the bank rolls. lol :)

Smh @ alleged ‘men’ comparing their looks to women. Something tells me that boy’s weight is a sore spot for him aww

Misspinkdiamond Aka Precious@ my wieght is healthy, you on the other hand are morbidly obese. You have nothing good going for you physically so I feel bad even addressing you.

Carolinagirl@ Drake and Prince are both skinny and drake doesn’t weight over 150 he was standing next to me at an industry party. I partyed with stars in Hollywood where fat people aren’t allowed. I know what I look like and what u look like
and I should thank god every day for having my face. You look common and typical, I could find a million u’s. FYI unshaven is in, u get out much?

WOOOOOOOW Lmfao Terrance Dean, is that you? lmfaoo wow you are 10 types of pathetic boy, smh how sad

The article should be re-titled: “Is Obesity Considered A Norm For All Women?”…Go to the mall…at the gas station…take a stroll down the street…look around at work…Dunkin Donuts…Garrett’s Popcorn…Subway…McDonald…virtually everywhere you go, you are going to find obese women…from all races! It’s a image perception issue and I agree that the media “wants” you to believe that all obese women are solely Black women…I mean, can’t a Sister get a break??!!…WTF??!!….LOL!…

@NOitall-KML you are a joke girl…a milliom of me? KMLS hummmm lets see you just stated you run from women who are over 138pds and that tell me you couldn’t get a woman who come close to me…now ask Drake and he will tell you ima 5 Star chick. Girl please you stood nexts to Drake…lol it must have been 1 of those look a likes or your homeboy Drake but not the Young Money Drake because he weigh more than a 138pds and thats a true fact and they all PARTY with big women and women who weight is over 138pds. Check out the video thats proof itself. So you can keep on wishing for that day to come so you can party with the REAL STARS Hollywood style. FYI neat cut is in style not that wolf-pack you got…lol(JMRTY)

Carolina@ I don’t want any chick that anyway nearly resembles you( threw up in my mouth) Haters mad cause of where I been and who I saw. I was at party drake and Wayne. I met Lamar Odom, heard Tom Green freestyle, and was next to
Randy Jackson, Leonardo Dicaprio,and Paris Hilton. They were all in club “My House” and I saw lady gaga before I knew who she was. My brother spilled a drink on the chick from Soul Plane. No exaggerations!!!

Not bragging jus hate it when people think I’m lying

………………………………………Lmfao.

@NOitall-Your first 5 words said it all)YOU STATED>(I don’t want any chick)You gay I know you don’t want no chick/woman…NO woman want you either. And you threw up because you got choked off that (dick in your mouth.)RLAY :)

@ CaliFemme23

The only thing wrong with me in YOUR eyes is that I don’t share the same phucked up bitter attitude that you possess. From some of your posts it’s quite obvious that you have issues with BM b/c no matter the topic you find a way to bring up a black man with a white woman or BM not checking for BW???? YOU helped fuel this “full on fire” between BM and BW by taking someone’s comments that you didn’t agree with and going into a rant about BM. Girl just b/c I don’t share YOUR views doesn’t mean I don’t get it, I mean who died and named your azz the Almighty Enlightened One?

Me referencing your comment was not to incite a back and forth of words IN ALL CAPS and what not. I agreed that news concerning BW is mostly grim but I was just saying don’t let white/jewish media dictate your attitude. You had your opinion, I had mine and it is what it is.

Mostly what I wrote was addressing the ones that are hollering this chart ain’t this and we are built like this but in reality no matter it’s looked at YOU’RE STILL OBESE and ultimately unhealthy.

OPINION: Is Obesity Considered A Norm For African American Women ……

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…

I don’t know why they call it thick…Thick is just a cop-out word for
( I don’t have the intestinal fortitude to stop shoving food down my piehole…)

its gluttony..

Yeh yadda yadda This whole country needs to get in shape!!! and there is a such thing as thick….that is precisely not 2 petit/thin or fat…people just use it incorrectly at times. Thick is just another word for in between….DUH!! Yes some obese may use it…but let them say it if they want…we all know whats fat and what isnt or do we???…different races think different things …we are not built the same, THEREFORE I dont hear / take serious ly anything eurocentric society has to say….its honestly a joke when these young girls are having bulimic/anorexic contests…going to the hospital,dying from starving to death trying to be thin… I tell ya BW just can’t win…if we were like the majority….they’d be telling us to stop trying to look like white women…lol…what are they doing, throwing up….what da hell is wrong with those black women???….it doesnt matter, they’ll always find things to shed us in a bad light,thats why its so important to not acknowledge their attempts….@@@Noitall,YOU can’t even spell the word KNOW LOL. Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, some actually many people….think YOU are ugly, the beauty of a person is much more than what’s on the surface….I hope u can do some soul searching and humble yourself, you are simply average if not that. All I see is LIGHT SKIN…..is that why you think you are someone special or superior in your appearance???…. You attack Carolina and Miss Pink Diamond for their looks….that’s the best you can do?? you are very superficial,egotisical, and very delusional to think your worth is ALL in your Appearance, Get a CLue, Pick up a Book, and look within yourslef to see why you have to shot someone down for their looks…to win a debate… you are pathetic, you sound like my 9 yr old little cousin. …”nan nanna boo boo u ugly ..”…PLZ hit me with that ugly line 2, WHO CARES?? you’re entitled to your opinion…I’m just telling you how petty u sound coming in here having it out with women….when there are obese BM and the FAT MAYOnaisse looking white women/men along right with them. I hope an obese person sits on your 138 lb frail bonney FEMINIE behind. My sis would be jealous of u…at 48 shes trying to cut down 2 130lbs…YOU ARE A NORM FEMALE WEIGHT SIZE!!! Who are u to call anyone out on their weight??? Go pick up a bottle of cellmass, a big mac, and crush some vitamins in it…I am worried about your STICK figure if you are 6ft like most men. DRAKE AND PRINCE???LMAO I’m not attracted to them, that’s probabley who you are crushing on….PLZ man….speak 4 u because I really dont see what people se in that albino ape face fhaving Drake and …tho Prince is talented…he doesnt know if he likes women or men…lol with his azz cheeks cut out the pants..yeh “GOOD” examples….2 use…now get back to your meds…LOONEY TUNE!!!!

typo..my sis at 148 lbs…is trying to get to No-thing lightskin mixed “pretty” boi size on her….IF he wants his women any smaller he’d b threading on the JUnior HIGH campus trails…. for real, Most teenage girls who havent developed yet are of that same weight unless they are short….not bashing thin I’m just saying, what do you want a mannuqien barbie doll stick figure. And to the brotha saying if you’re not 6ft and over 150lbs you’re obese…uh yeh according to who??? I’ve seen women even at 190 being fit, muscular and yes healthy ..Thas your personal Bullsh!t opinion. Blak women, you don’t have to prove yourself to society because even if you were ALL fit, they would still hate you….they’ll find SOMETHING, they always do, but I def. agre on the healthy tip…do it because you want to live onger, not what this assbackwards…EURO-CENTRIC society thinks, their ideal of beauty is a JOKE. If you are not blonde…tanned,blue eyed,with a size 2 with big breast implants….and botox….you are “not” beautiful…as if BEAUTY doesn’t come in all varieties…it does. They just like to put theirs on a pedastal over everyone which Is fine with me…LOL I dont want society approval..like I said they are the reason NOW women are DYING from gastic bypass.. straving themselves…going under surgery procedures.EXTREMELY DEPRESSED/SUDICIAL.getting greatly ill/traumitized and dying all to be beautiful..Don’t fall for the HYPE! we naturaly have THICKER skin,bones,muscle mass,body mass,bigger behinds at times and groins lol..i mean I can go on…we have THICKER/Bigger everything…DUH so yeh there will naturally be more weight.

plz excuse the typos….No it all stupidity has rubbed off on me and I was typing too fast…but 4 the slow ppl ahem no…that was meant to read **LONGER and ***Starving yes i do know how to spell had 2 much 2 say and slip some letters out/

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