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Thursday, June 7, 2007 12:00 AM

Healthy, my ass

Many blacks love big women, but having a rump the size of Buffie the Body's can put women at risk for disease.
By Debra Dickerson

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  • Wednesday, June 6, 2007 09:27 PM

    the only reason BMI is controversial is because it doesn't take account of people who are very muscular

    there is no doubt that anyone with a "fat" BMI who is NOT a body builder is unhealthy. This argument is like creationist who use disputes between biologists to claim that evolution is "only a theory" or exxon "climatologists" who claim that debate about the specific effects of global warming prove that the whole thing is a conspiracy by environemntalists. Sure belly fat is worse, but a three foot wide 100 pound ass is NOT HEALTHY even if it is twice as wide as your stomach.

    —Anonymous

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