Jamaica Celebrates Obesity?

[Blackstar*]

This article puts JA among 10 countries in the world that celebrate fatness. Agree or disagree?

<span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Top 10 Countries Celebrating Female Obesity</span></span>

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide: According to a 2011 World Health Organization study, 1 in 9 people are obese and the trend is ever-expanding. Despite a myriad of concomitant health concerns, excessive fatness continues to be embraced by many countries as a sign of health, wealth and happiness. The following list explores the top ten countries which celebrate heftiness, particularly in females, along with the historical and cultural influences which shape this love of large.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">7. Jamaica</span>
With nearly 65% of Jamaican females classified as obese, the ideal beach body is nearly twice its medically-appropriate size. In this island nation particular emphasis is placed on generous hips and hindquarters, a condition known as steatopygia. A 1993 study conducted in rural Jamaica associated thinness with sadness but heaviness with happiness, kindness and social harmony. There is also a burgeoning pill market which caters to young women desiring to gain weight.

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[Skelly]

Re: Jamaica Celebrates Obesity?

Have a dear gf who is obese...but lord she can dress! Anyway anytime we go out is always she di man dem call to...

[Wendy]

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Know someone like that too.. she exudes confidence to the max!

[Wendy]

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Back to dis story now... I doan if mi was in di wrong part a Jamaica but 65% of Jamaican females obese?????/


Errrr... Like I said, mi muss have been in di wrong Jamaica cause moas di girl dem mi si was slim.

[SandiF]

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that's what i'm thinking too... a pure slim woman mi see a yard.

btw, Jamaican fat women are indeed always fabulously dressed, very stylish, divine and exude an air of confidence that draw the Jamaican men to them. I have a friend who is fat and mi nah tell nuh lie a she the man dem always a call out to. lol!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WeNdY_PeNdY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Back to dis story now... I doan if mi was in di wrong part a Jamaica but 65% of Jamaican females obese?????/


Errrr... Like I said, mi muss have been in di wrong Jamaica cause moas di girl dem mi si was slim. </div></div>

[missus_vegas]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SandiF</div><div class="ubbcode-body">that's what i'm thinking too... a pure slim woman mi see a yard.

btw, Jamaican fat women are indeed always fabulously dressed, very stylish, divine and exude an air of confidence that draw the Jamaican men to them. I have a friend who is fat and mi nah tell nuh lie a she the man dem always a call out to. lol!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WeNdY_PeNdY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Back to dis story now... I doan if mi was in di wrong part a Jamaica but 65% of Jamaican females obese?????/


Errrr... Like I said, mi muss have been in di wrong Jamaica cause moas di girl dem mi si was slim. </div></div> </div></div>

i agree with the 65%...they may not all be obese per say but could shed a 10 lbs or so

[Peasie]

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I see their data is 20 years old - from 1993

But let's consider this: heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other obesity-related diseases are now chronic epidemics in Jamaica, particularly among women

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Source </div><div class="ubbcode-body">Chronic diseases like heart disease, obesity and diabetes are the leading cause of death in the Caribbean, and their rapidly- increasing share of health expenditures in the region could threaten economic growth.

So-called “non-communicable diseases” can be traced to individual risk factors such as poor diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol abuse, according to two reports that cover Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean.

More than 60 percent of Jamaicans aged 35 to 54 are either obese or overweight, and Dominica has the highest obesity prevalence in the Eastern Caribbean. </div></div>

[Skelly]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Vegas</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
i agree with the 65%...they may not all be obese per say but could shed a 10 lbs or so </div></div>

a guess me mussi obese to

[missus_vegas]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Vegas</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
i agree with the 65%...they may not all be obese per say but could shed a 10 lbs or so </div></div>

a guess me mussi obese to </div></div>

i put my foot in my mouth again didnt i

there is really no other way to put it....rite now i think majority of ja-can women are more on the plump/fluffy side mi go dung deh go full out myself must be something in the chicken

that said. fluffy women in ja is not like fluffy women a farrin. most a dem look sexy with the fat on. dem dress nice and well done up. they walk with confidence and are not afraid to show their curves...something about the confidence make a big difference.

i spent alot of time in salons etc and most women i come in contact with do desire to lose weight. they may be too lazy to do much other dan day dream about it but they do want to change...at the same time they dont want to be skinny eidda...just a fit body.

There is not a big push on fitness i found. and nutrition is almost unheard of in some circles. many ppl eat for a big belly full as oppose to nutrition. every block have a cook shop...fry chicken fry chicken and more fry chicken.

but there is a certain contentment that u feel on that island so i mean even Beyonce could get out of shape if she stay deh too long.