Comments on: Flunked for Fatness: Lincoln University’s New Graduation Guidelines Include Passing a BMI Test

By: t-train

t-train — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:59:44 +0000

I have blond hair and blue eyes and I take offense at KHamilton’s disparagement of my kind.

I believe that instead of insulting people like me, who really cannot help having been born this way, KHamilton should focus on herself, because she does not have to be so fat.

She should start by following something like the strictest dietary regimen recommended by the NIH — 1,200 calories a day. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/tac_1200.htm

It might sound shockingly low to those of you used to dining on “all the pizza, hot dogs, soda, fried chicken, and ears of corn swimming in melted butter that one can eat” but it’s not actually “twigs and sawdust.”

It’s really just a strict but healthy diet that will help KHamilton unload those bursting saddlebags. Once she’s healthy, she might even be able to move up to 1,600 calories a day.

Those football players might consider such a diet too. Many are not exactly the gold standard for lean. Anyway, arguing that the BMI calculator is too inaccurate is just a pretext that fatties use to continue eating like Taft.

I recognize that to some I have only confirmed KHamilton’s point that blond-haired, blue-eyed people like me do not get along well with others. But I really do sympathize her, because the statement, “I think it is illegal somehow, and since I do not have a law degree I can’t say how,” demonstrates that she is not only fat but also stupid.

The prematurity of her penultimate post also suggests that she might have been drunk.

Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, KHamilton.

By: KHamilton

KHamilton — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:17:49 +0000

While others do not. (sorry hit return before I should have)

By: KHamilton

KHamilton — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:16:49 +0000

I think it is illegal somehow, and since I do not have a law degree I can’t say how, what’s next, if you’ve got blonde hair and blue eyes you automatically have to take a course on how to get along with others?

By: Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:33:16 +0000

@KHamilton, relax buddy, I’m not trying to pry pizza out of anyone’s hands-I’m a sucker for Cheese Fries too. Just making the point that when big, sweeping directives like this one come about under the guise of “caring about the health of our students”, there’s usually more to it. I’m sure the students are forced to PAY for this “class”. And if they are forced to pay for a class they must take using a thoroughly flawed measurement system while being offered no real options for decent food, it’s more than just offensive (and for the record I would be pretty Goddamn offended), it’s more like a shakedown.

By: ride1076

ride1076 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:08:13 +0000

I didn’t take that as self-righteous. If that’s what the cafeteria is serving, then it’s quite possibly detrimental to the students forced to take these PE classes.

By: KHamilton

KHamilton — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:06:05 +0000

Well IG aren’t we a little self rightous, and what do YOU dine on twigs and sawdust?

By: Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:31:42 +0000

I’d love to see what their cafeteria looks like. At most schools, a meal card entitles you to all the pizza, hot dogs, soda, fried chicken, and ears of corn swimming in melted butter that one can eat. Curious what their options are.

And thanks for bringing that up SugarTown, measuring true BMI involves a water submersion tank so that you can tell actual mass given that muscle weighs far more than fat. If 5′8″ and 200lbs is obese, I guess their entire football team can sign up right now.

By: KHamilton

KHamilton — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:36:30 +0000

How can this even be legal?

By: Sugar Town

Sugar Town — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:10:40 +0000

Agreed, since there is such a thing called The Freshman 15, even for the skinny/”normal” kids. And the skinny/normals kids can eat like shit for years before it hits them later. (Actually that happened to me in my 30s).

Also, as a person who works with a personal trainer, I can tell you that the BMI is b.s. since it is only effective for inactive people. Athletic people can have high BMI’s (due to muscle).

By: lutton

lutton — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:03:04 +0000

I commend the idea of considering students life-long health a concern, but this program could be construed as targeting the ‘fat kids.’

I’d suggest making a basic health/safety course a part of freshman curriculum for all students: physical fitness, first aid, CPR, basic water safety/life saving, nutritional fitness, etc.