U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin

I am so mad I could just spit!!!!

Can you believe people are even talking about the next U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin, and saying she is not a good role model because she has a few extra pounds? The woman is very accomplished. She has done so much for other people and people who are poor. From what I have read she puts her heart and soul into what she has done, she didn’t have to do this…but she did!!!


Isn't this discrimination! Once again it is accepted to discriminate against someone because of their weight! Is it because she is a woman? I remember past U.S. Surgeon Generals who were not exactly called “Fit” did any one bring up their weight? I don’t think so! Is it ok to be a man and not so fit but a women has to look like a “Barbie Doll” to be the U.S. Surgeon General? Did past U.S. Surgeon Generals smoke, drink, not exercise or have other unhealthy habits? Who knows...but because people can see she has a few extra pounds they come to the conclusion she is not healthy!


I am appalled!!! Give me a break….look at her…she is a beautiful, intelligent woman. Who know, she could have fought her weight all her life, just like us! She just might be more sensitive to individuals with weight problems and the comorbities that come along with it! I can’t imagine what must be going through her head right now; reading and hearing people talk about something so personal “Her Weight”! I am sure she must be much stronger than me…because it would make me cry…I want to cry for her!!!! Perhaps she can help make the public more aware of the obesity epidemic in the U.S. with adults and our children and help find a way to cure obesity!


What do you think about this?

Ginger



Below is some information I got about Dr. Regina M. Benjamin from "The Daily Voice" You can go on the link if you would like to read more!

http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2009/07/critics-lambaste-surgeon-gener-002126.php

Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Obama's pick for the next U.S. Surgeon General, is a MacArthur grant recipient who holds advanced degrees in medicine and business administration. She is a family practice doctor who runs her own medical practice, the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic that treats predominately poor patients in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. She was the first black woman to be elected to the American Medical Association board of trustees and became president of the Alabama Medical Association, making her the first African American woman to be president of a state medical society in the U.S.
Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Obama's pick for the next U.S. Surgeon General, is a MacArthur grant recipient who holds advanced degrees in medicine and business administration. She is a family practice doctor who runs her own medical practice, the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic that treats predominately poor patients in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. She was the first black woman to be elected to the American Medical Association board of trustees and became president of the Alabama Medical Association, making her the first African American woman to be president of a state medical society in the U.S.

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