Why do most black women have fat stomachs?

Buckin_Ray-mxdchik wrote:

Just to inform you, obesity isn't always caused by lack of exercise and poor diet, it can also be caused by VARIOUS diseases/medical conditions.
Just like any other person, if they are obese or whatever and they eat right and exercise moderately, go to more than 1 doctor to get an accurate diagnosis of what's wrong.

QueenofTheNile wrote:

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Yeah, I understand what your saying but honestly, its mostly with black women. Im 20 years old, and I've been living in the hood so far ever since I've been born and thats all I've seen. Our black females are the main ones who don't want to take care of our bodies. When you go to the gym, you barely even see our kind in there.

deric wrote:

most of our sistas will not exercise. go into a white neighborhood and youll see folks from 18 to 80 jogging cycling and walking. also we as blacks tend to eat a lot of sugar and fat while others focus more on fruits and veggies.men tend to lose more fat because they have more muscle mass and that just leaves black and hispanic women with the belly fat. i love my sistas still and im proud to say that my wife and i eat right and exercise at least three times a week. its good for the sex drive too, trust me

QueenofTheNile wrote:

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Yeah, I understand what your saying but honestly, its mostly with black women. Im 20 years old, and I've been living in the hood so far ever since I've been born and thats all I've seen. Our black females are the main ones who don't want to take care of our bodies. When you go to the gym, you barely even see our kind in there.

Buckin_Ray-mxdchik wrote:

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Actually at my gym, there are TONS of black chicks there, maybe b/c I'm from the Chi and there are a LOT of black people there! LOL
This statement seems a bit redundant, seeing as people love to state the above without any PROOF or BACKUP for their statements.
Maybe you can say "MOST of the black women I've seen or have grown up with seem to have large stomachs" instead of MOST black women in GENERAL.

QueenofTheNile wrote:

Don't get me wrong, I love being a black woman. One thing I would like to know is why do most of our black women walk around with stomachs poking out from underneith our shirts?....

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deric wrote:

most of our sistas will not exercise. go into a white neighborhood and youll see folks from 18 to 80 jogging cycling and walking. also we as blacks tend to eat a lot of sugar and fat while others focus more on fruits and veggies.men tend to lose more fat because they have more muscle mass and that just leaves black and hispanic women with the belly fat. i love my sistas still and im proud to say that my wife and i eat right and exercise at least three times a week. its good for the sex drive too, trust me

QueenofTheNile wrote:

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Maybe its just the females in Virginia where I'm from. I work at Subway and I see them come in there all the time. When I'm at the mall I see a lot of them like that. There are a lot of blacks in the part of Va I stay in, its one of the main 7 cities. I have my proof from observation, I like to observe people around me. People always come up with excuses like "It could be a disease", I disagree because if its mostly only affecting one race then that means we take part in helping the problem grow. Notice the foods that are apart of our culture that help contribute to obesity in our community.

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Buckin_Ray-mxdchik wrote:

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Well actually, it's not an excuse.
I have PCOS (diagnosed 2 years ago) and when I was younger I was SIGNIFICANTLY overweight, yet, I was the most active kid in my class and got the whole "couch potato" stigma from EVERYONE who didn't know me, and it was HORRIBLE.
I wish people wouldn't make such assumptions..........you never really understand until it happens to you or someone close to you.

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Buckin_Ray-mxdchik wrote:

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Well actually, it's not an excuse.
I have PCOS (diagnosed 2 years ago) and when I was younger I was SIGNIFICANTLY overweight, yet, I was the most active kid in my class and got the whole "couch potato" stigma from EVERYONE who didn't know me, and it was HORRIBLE.
I wish people wouldn't make such assumptions..........you never really understand until it happens to you or someone close to you.

QueenofTheNile wrote:

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Well when I keep seeing most black women with this "disorder" its kinda hard to believe they have something wrong with them. I'm not saying that YOU didn't have that diagnoses but I just want to know why it mostly affects our women. When I go in any neighborhood with blacks I don't see anyone jogging, or fast walking. When I go into the white neighborhoods I see jogging, gyms, people stretching against trees, I see health food stores and all types of stuff to help them stay healthy.

QueenofTheNile wrote:

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Well when I keep seeing most black women with this "disorder" its kinda hard to believe they have something wrong with them. I'm not saying that YOU didn't have that diagnoses but I just want to know why it mostly affects our women. When I go in any neighborhood with blacks I don't see anyone jogging, or fast walking. When I go into the white neighborhoods I see jogging, gyms, people stretching against trees, I see health food stores and all types of stuff to help them stay healthy.

Harrisson wrote:

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Don't be fooled. The majority of white American women are overweight. And to be honest, just as with black women, it doesn't ALWAYS look so bad.
Just my $.02
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