Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Anit-Obesity nut attacks American Idol, soon to be the world.


Meet MeMe Roth, founder of the National Action Against Obesity and just one more reason why little girls younger and younger are shoving their faces into the toilet.

Roth was recently on Fox News with Neil Cavuto before the American Idol finale ranting about Jordin Sparks and why she shouldn't win because she is obese and a bad influence on the youth of America.

“When I look at her I see diabetes, I see heart disease, I see high cholesterol-she is a vision of un-health”, she says about the 17-year-old idol winner. "The last thing we need is an overweight American idol."

I'm sure the 8 million people in the United States who suffer from eating disorders will appreciate other quotes by Ms. Roth featured on her blog including, “Dump your friends who plan to grow fatter every year. Surround yourself with those who aspire to greater things."

Maybe the last thing we need is a bitter woman obsessed with body image trying to get her 15 minutes when she probably has dealt or is dealing with an eating disorder herself.

This was not the first time Roth has caused a stir.

Earlier this year, The New York Times ran an article basically telling Roth to lighten up after her obsession intruded on the Girl Scouts of the USA to boycott their cookies.

Roth also tried to boycott the women's magazine Redbook for a cover story called "We Love Your Body From Size 2 to 20."

Roth was also almost arrested for trying to confiscate treats from a vending machine from a YMCA in Penn., because she felt the people at the gym were too fat.

She's even been called "a militant slim person" by Bill O' Reilly, also adding, "If I were your kid I would be running away." Want to watch a Bill O' Reilly interview where you might actually forget that he IS Bill O' Reilly?

Roth's message has gone so far as to coin the term "Second Hand Obesity": obesity handed down from one generation to the next, as well as from citizen to citizen. So obesity is contagious?

This fear and obsession has swallowed Roth's waspy little mind, a familiar fear most suffering from eating disorders face as well. Statements like, "The last thing we need is an overweight American idol.", are demeaning, damaging and hurtful. True, Hollywood is ruthless when it comes to body image and Sparks will probably be told to loose a few pounds, but comments like Roth's are those that create eating disorders in young women.

As they named Sparks the 2007 American Idol last week the first words to come out of my mouth were, "God I hope she doesn't lose weight". To see a beautiful, curvy and talented young lady become so famous over night made me feel relieved.

Not enough curvy or full figured women grace the media anymore and when they do the fact that they are full figured is always brought up.

Remember when Hollywood starlets like Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie first became famous? They had some more body on them, until they were noted and have now shriveled down to teenie lollipop heads. Did someone tell them they were fat? Lohan has admitted to bulimia and Richie is rumored to be in rehab for anorexia.


What made this Ann Coultier-esque madam of madness take her obsession with weight so far?

"Back in the 80s when I was Van Halen’s “number one fan,” I did get the chance to meet the band. Eddie Van Halen made me promise I’d never get fat. He said I looked like something out of Playboy. Talk about making a girl swoon... I kept my part of the bargain"

Remember, the #1 wish of girls 11-18 is to be thinner.

It's very true that the U.S. has a major obesity problem, but damaging remarks and eliminating all fatty foods will not end the problem. If anything needs to be called to attention, it's the constant obsession with body image and the terrible message that being overweight is wrong.

Learn more about eating disorders at the National Eating Disorder Association.


1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

She's nuts!!
Baby needs back!!!

2:50 PM  

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