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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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  • Friday, June 8, 2007 08:27 AM

    Dickerson is fat herself

    She is chunky, heavy of face and has huge upper arms. The TV camera supposedly adds ten pounds, but that would hardly account for the thick layer of fat on her. She must weigh in at 200 lbs. at least, quite unhealthy by her own standards. Maybe Dickerson's screed was motivated by the self-loathing she has displayed so often. If she truly wants to tackle obesity in Black women, she should start with the closest one -- herself.

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