(BlackDoctor.org) -- Americans are internationally known for being overweight, and it’s an especially big perception for African-American women. Seventy-nine percent of black women are overweight and 53 percent of all black women are considered obese. Those numbers represent a significant jump from ten years ago, when 39 percent of all black women were considered obese. Are these numbers the backlash of a rising fat acceptance movement?
Celebrities like Mo’Nique and Tyra Banks have been very vocal about their goals to expand the narrow perceptions of beauty ideals. Tyra Banks has incorporated plus size models in her popular reality show America’s Next Top Model. Her new mission is to cast a group of aspiring plus-sized models for the competition. "Plus-size is really the average American woman and that woman is healthy," Banks has said. Some doctors have supported this notion arguing that lifestyle and genetics are what determine health, not a woman’s dress size. Other experts, however, cringe at the thought of anyone associating being overweight with being healthy.
- Being "plus-size" is great if you're healthy. Please take care of your body.
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