Not only can it lead to diabetes, hypertension and many other health issues, people who are overweight or obese are more likely to die sooner from various causes than those with healthy weight.
Two-thirds of Americans and at least half the people in many developed countries are now considered overweight or obese.
Previous studies have documented higher death rates in the obese, while being inconclusive about the risks of being overweight. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, pooled the results of 19 studies and excluded smokers to provide precise estimates of increased death risks.
The analysis looked at people’s body mass index, or BMI, a measure of weight based on height. They also identified a sweet spot that they found was healthiest, a BMI between 20 and 24.9. To be in that category, people who are 5-feet 5-inches tall should weigh between 120 and 149 pounds and people who are 5-feet 10-inches should weigh 140 to 173 pounds.
Weighing more than your BMI measure of weight, can put you into the overweight category and starts increasing health risk and problems that can lead to death.
Conversations Of A Sistah 
FAT PEOPLE STINK
GOOD MORNING FAM.
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Good morning slick,
anybody can stink.
a B.O. can come from anybody whether you’re big or small. so please don’t be biased.
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Good morning.
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Good morning people. 🙂
Regarding: not just fat people stink, @QueenC-I co-sign!
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Slick, Not all fat people stink! My bff is 320lbs and i’ve never smelled her stinkn and i’ve known her since the 1st grade we are both 26 now. Mama takes care of herself!
Now skinny bitches, yeah i’ve smelled them and not only do they stink but they musty too.
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It’s all about knowing how to wash your azz period!!! fat, skinny or in-between.
good morn-Ting all.
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WRONG!
I’M STICKIN BY WHAT I SAY!!!! ALL FAT PEOPLE STINK! THAT’S WHY NO ONE LIKES THEM, THEY STINK AND THEY ARE SLOW!
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slick is right, just give it sometime, it takes awhile for their odor to make its way out of their fat rolls.. lol
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LMMFAO!!!!
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Oh forgive me..good morning my peeps. 🙂
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good morning. hope ya’ll had a bangin weekend.
hope ya’ll happy cause blog queen on it early? lol.
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what’s good my peeps and peep-etts??
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Good morning ya’ll”
*Waves*
@Slick, you ignant!!
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I also think fat people shouldn’t have a driver’s license.
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no @slick, they should take their license like they took Jermaines Jackson’s.
and to answer ur question on how they would get around???…it’s simple, put that fat to good use and roll they asses down some hills until they make it to their destination.
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@ Slick,
Take away a fat bitches driver license? How do you expect them to get popeyes, Krispy kreme or their McRibs?
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steppin over the ignorance, to say “good morning” to my wonderful ceo fam. 🙂
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Morning Flo!!!! *Kisses*
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Morning Gurl, I’m steppin over too and rollin my eyes @the ignorance this early in the morning.
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back atcha Flo-glo girl!!!
Morning to my ladies. 🙂
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morn-Ting again…not co-signing the ignorance either.
when i know damn well one of dey mama’s or grandmama’s had some hips on them.
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I agree w/Starr,
Most of your mothers are fat and prbly gross, yet you talk about fat people. wow.
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Morning Ladies. 🙂
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what’s up ladies???
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lol!!! @Slick!!!!!
All large people don’t stink!!! And you should be ashamed of yourself!!! but i can’t stop laughin!!!!
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WOW!!!!
That’s all I can say is WOW @ some of these stupid azz comments.
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LOL!!! Morning all.
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Wow this post is full of some ignorant comments smh.
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What is the average age of people who post on this blog??? 15????
Reading these comments, these are the most immature, ignorant people I have ever come across. and we call ourselves family?
Grow up and stop acting like a bunch of miserable step children.
Don’t want no ignant azzes in my fam.
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LOL @ Nicole. So true!!!
But no family is perfect.
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makes you wonder doesn’t it.???
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My mother is fat as shit and she stinks!
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@SlickRick, that explains your ignorance. Provided your mom is really fat???
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I didnt have to see what *SlickRick* wrote in his last post to know that he had mother issues.
LOL!!!!!
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what’s up erbody??? Not down with the ignorance and that’s fo sho.
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I remember a few months back another study that said; a fat ass, hips and thighs is actually healthy fat.
Now it’s some other study to justify their bullshit.
I say eat in moderation, excercise and live healthy.
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I remember that Queen,
Most of these studies are full of it and always talking what most people already know or have already heard. Why? because the news covers it all
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guts stick out more than they “booty do”….
and I couldn’t agree more
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Well., I know alot of overweight people who walk to work, walk their children to work, have to walk around their jobs all day…my point is that yes, we all know that excessive weight is bad but who is it bad for?
If your sitting on your but all day and not increasing your heart rate, even if your only 10 lbs. over weight, yes you will have a problem…Don’t believe the hype if they aren’t providing data!
These studies been riling black folks up like this for centuries!!!
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The girl in the pic is pretty and I love her hair..#thatisall#
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yeah she cute but them thighs. wow
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@BrownGirl,
Yes she’s pretty but that’s a whole lot of azz to wash.
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shes suuuuuuuuper thick…i’ll eat her corn any day…
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I agree., she’s pretty but she is FAT, no way around it…SHE’S cute but like I said., so is a pretty Ballon!
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This chick has cellulite on her legs and will be all cellulite up in couple years. Thick or semifat are STILL all loaded w/ cellulite.
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all i said was, “the girl in the pic is pretty” and look @all the comments I got???
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The “lady” in the picture needs to work her fat ass out and at the same time do something with that damn room and hideous bed!!! 2 plain is dreadful while U’re trying to be all “SEXY” (sucking my teeth)
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Healthy eating and exercise is sexy people!
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I agree, 1,000 precent
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I agree as well.
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the average blk woman is about 150-185lbs…some of y’all can be linebackers and then y’all actually wonder why blk men go for other races…at the end of the day, obesity is a statement that says u dont care about urself so why would a man actually think you’d give a damn about him.
anyone remember that episode of boondocks w/ruckus? about how blk women dont exercise??
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Really @Ace?
Well I say don’t believe the hype women. Some black men love you exactly the way you are. My man only wants a big a$$ and big breast.
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@Lexy,
The only fat that should ever be on a woman is “HER ASS”
And ladies stop believing these dudes talkin bout they like a big woman, them niggas be str8 up liars going thru a dry spell.
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Oh please @Man,
let me enlighten you..blk men go the other way bcause they STUPID…don’t ever 4get that..
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If dude ain’t hand picked by God, it’s never gonna work out anyway ladies.
So if he’s superficial, really keep it moving because trust me when I say another brotha would love ya no matter what!
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@Ace, you’re hilarious.
If this is the case I’m the exception to the rule. At 200 lbs. and 5’1 dudes are constantly asking for my number, running me down!
I don’t reveal any of my goods, that’s trashy and I don’t seek that type of attention, but they love what they see. Now all these men are black or latino. I can’t be the exception to the rule because I see this on a daily bases. Black men in the south, love a women who keeps herself clean, hair done, nails done. In the south, the black women are on top of their game. So please speak for yourself playa!
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I just took a good look at the bitch in the pic, are you bama niggas crazy? That bitch is too fat! her legs look like giant sacks of pudding.
Let me explain something, in every state except Mississippi, Tenn, GA, Missouri, Louisiana, SC, NC and Texas that bitch would be considered fat!
Get a clue!
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@ClarkKent – STFU!!!
Black women don’t set their weight standards to what society says becuz we’re not built like 13 year old boys and don’t want to be! shit we can eat carrots all day, do side bends and sit ups but the butt, hips and thighs won’t just go away! our body type is healthy azzes! a black woman at a size 6 will be just that on the top and a damn size 10 in the azz! now you get a clue!
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Ebony,
It’s funny how you speak for all the Black women in the world. I happen to be a black women who is a Personal Trainer, with a Fat toned Azz! and I’m proud of it!
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Ace,
you truly sound stupid. you take your comment and lump all black women 2gether and that’s just ignorant.
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More butt than gut is always healthy!!!
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True!!!
It’s always better to have more butt then gutttt..
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confusing thick w/ fat I see
that is gross
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It is clear that some of the folks leaving comments should go play double dutch on a busy interstate.
“Fit people die just as quick as Fat people”
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I agree Tamala, when it’s your time, it’s your time.
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i would smash the girl in the pic but that about its…
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the girl in the pic is pretty but once she gets pregnant, her body will be ruined.
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@bigbelly, pregnancy does not ruin every womans body. It all depends on how one takes care of themselves. Some women who get pregnant use pregnancy as an excuse to eat any and everything, and they shouldn’t.
A woman can still workout (a safe workout/doc suggested) when she is pregnant (if she is not a high health risk).
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Black women need to STOP claiming “sexy thick”…when you are really just FAT!!
Eat right…drink water…And FIND A GYM. Girlie in the picture needs to take Lisa Raye’s daughter with her to the nearest FITNESS BOOTCAMP…NOW!
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Yo azz just named half the U.S. Meaning half of men like a woman that thick. Damn why is it so hard for some people to accept that some people like thick azz shapely women. I love my body 5’4″ 155lbs of azz and thighs. Same shape but slightly smaller than the woman in the pic. I embrace it. Just like there’s nothin wrong with being slim. Everbody need to love theyself and try and eat healthy.
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fat equals lazy and ignorant. It is just sad people don’t know what they are eating and not exercising!
fat is not pretty it is disgusting!
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Did you people ever consider that some people just aren’t meant to be thin? Being big runs in some people’s family, it’s genetic, some people can’t help it. And some of you make it seem like losing weight is so easy and it’s not. If people want to be fat let them be fat!
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Lisa,
GTFOH with the genetically fat shit…over half the population of America is fat and its not becuz of genetics, its from poor eating habits, lack of exercise, denial and refusing to take responsiblity for ones own health…and ur right, if ppl want to be fat then let em be fat, but blk women need to shut up if us men dont want some bloated beach whale, go head and be fat just stop complaining that nobody wants u.
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@Donte2010,
Let me assure you that #1. I’m not fat so my husband NOT WANTING me is not an issue nor is it the topic of this post.
and #2, as far as “WHAT MEN WANT” how can you speak for the majority of real men?
so what i’ll say to your ignorant azz is, “2eaches own” becauz at the end of the day i’m still entitled to M.- fuckin – O.
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tell em lisa!!!!
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Leave it to my gurl to get a heated conversation started!!!
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Sisters please let’s not carry on with some of the bull that’s being said here.
let’s go natural, work out, eat better and have one sex partner and have sex often. U will be in great shape and very healthy.
We need to eat right and continue to exercise
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Mahogany, I agree…I eat right becuz I don’t want diabetes! @150lbs i look like a crackhead and that shit doesn’t go over well in my hood or with my man. I do agree that sex with my ONE AND ONLY man is part of a good exercise routine! My long legs stay conditioned becuz when they hurt that’s like 65% of my body! I found out which foods my body can breakdown easily (not sugar) so that’s what I eat! It’s been hard to let the chocolate go but I feel better when I don’t have it!
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I saw a 16yr old girl the other day in the Doctor’s office and her paperwork said she was 5’3 and 181 pounds…i was like DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!! she wasn’t huge or looked bloated, just wide, but the fact that she’s 16, 5’3 and 181 pounds is a shame…SMH
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Aw, sistas, quit complaining. You value your car and money over your appearance. That’s why some of you all will be fat and single!
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SMH @ some of these comment.
so i guess that makes serena williiams and co overweight..
i see ppl arguing over this all the time and it’s just plain dumb…dumb!!!
MUSCLE weighs waay more than fat! period. But I’m always checkin my BMI.
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Noo @Nicole, muscle DOES NOT weight more than fat. I don’t know where the ignorance of your statement comes from. a pound is a pound is a pound. Muscle does take less space, so if u have 100 pounds of muscle, you look WAYYYYYY slimmer than 100 pounds of fat.
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That chick is FAT, no way around it…SHE’S cute but so is a pretty Ballon!
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I am obese 2 according to the BMI index but when I look in the mirror I just c boom ,bam,pow and all juicyness. Seriously I don’t want a pill tray when I get older so I really need to get serious n get healthy.
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