Of course we know that weight ratios are skewed towards an Anglo or “white” body type. We know you can’t find jeans in your size and if they fit in the hips, they’re huge in the waist and that even our own designers seem to take an unnecessarily Eurocentric view towards what we should look like.
But even though it’s a report that’s almost a year old, the thing that’s got the internet buzzing this weekend seems to be the findings reported by Blindie.com that by the year 2034, 100% (that means all) of Black women are going to be either overweight or obese!
Now, while we can take that with the same grain of salt that we’ve seemingly taken the news that despite the fact that an average IQ is about 100, an average Black IQ is 85, it might be wise to both read a book and do some exercising.
Obesity can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and some forms of cancer. Not to mention that with the rare exceptions of the confident sisters that can actually pull it off, obesity’s usually not too pretty.
And not only are ya’ll getting fatter, you’re getting shorter! According to Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), not only are white women on average a full ¾ of an inch taller than ya’ll, with the average Black woman born in 1980 now averaging just under 5’4″, ya’ll are shorter than your own mothers and grandmothers!
Diet is supposedly to blame for this too, as well as the general lack of attention paid to health in the lower socio-economic environment.
Now, I’m not the white girl type (yet), so I’ll truck it out with you tubby little porkers. And I really love ya’ll cause I’m telling you you’re fat and horrible looking. Somebody that didn’t care would be all up in your face telling you that you look great in that tight, black dress you’re wearing, while ducking behind the sofa to send a text message to Amber Rose.
