Comments on: Lincoln University, Size Discrimination And The Skinny Girl’s Dilemma

By: Rochelle Spencer

Rochelle Spencer — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:51:00 +0000

At my college, EVERYONE was required to take a health and nutrition class in order to graduate. I think this class could be a good idea, if like you said, it teaches both exercise and proper nutrition and if it eradicates the discriminatory policies…Finally, like some of the earlier posters suggested, college students’ health won’t change unless the school cafeteria offers healthy options. It’s not enough to give students information; we’ve also got to give them opportunities to apply that information.

By: Dr. G-

Dr. G- — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:07:33 +0000

Erika! EXCELLENT POST!!! There are social determinants to health. If someone is overweight, one cannot just merely make them exercise to lose weight. There is an abundance of data that show differently. You’re right! They need nutrition course. They need relaxation opportunities. And they need fitness course beyond track, weights and aerobics–Even dancing. What they need is something long-lasting. A reason be maintain a healthy lifestyle. And it cannot occur by mandate. It must occur by appeal or marketing.

By: THE DARK KNIGHT

THE DARK KNIGHT — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:14:45 +0000

Is the determination of who takes this class only upon sight? How do they make their decisions on who goes and who does not? I agree. We can be so visual sometimes that we don’t get the gist of the bigger picture. Everyday I deal with “skinny people” with “fat people” problems: hypertension, diabetes, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, and so on. We all need to be reminded of the does and don’ts in nutrition. I only fear that a school may sellout to a major food chain and “leave something out.” There is alot for all of us to learn in the vast world of fitness and nutrition. We just need to turn the “know it all” in our minds off and open our eyes. I know I went somewhere else with it, but yeah. Good points man. It should be required as a whole, IMO.

By: Reecie

Reecie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:51:06 +0000

I think we all would’ve be so much better off with that type of information. seriously. rumors were that they put laxatives in our cafe food. lol. I guess as long as it got you to “go” you were okay. I loved my meal plan though. ate several square meals in that piece! LOL. only after/in between hours did I indulge in ramen, chinese delivery, little debbie cakes, doritos and Good Lord the amounts of soda. smh.

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:40:08 +0000

Reecie, so you feel me on this? Instead of making overweight students waste their tuition on glorified PE classes… teach EVERYBODY how to eat better on campus?

Shoot, I remember my dorm had nothing but Top Ramen and Easy Mac… and popcorn. Ramen has like 1800mg of sodium, Easy Mac is neither Macaroni NOR cheese, and cheap popcorn is full of trans-fat. LOL Let’s keep it real, here. LOL

I’m glad that you came out on top in the end, though. I came out with monster booty. Shoot, I’m STILL mad about that! LOL!

By: Reecie

Reecie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:29 +0000

skinny girl checking in! LOL. Seriously I ate TRASH in college 70% of the time. Running around/being involved caused it to not really stick, in addition to high metabolism. But I also used to sleep A LOT. like long 3-4 hr naps. could be because I stayed up late, could be because I stopped taking vitamins and just was sluggish cuz of all the crap I was eating. who knows. I do think teaching college aged students what is healthy and how to make good food choices is important. More important than imposing a course for only those of a high BMI. And we had a farm on my campus! (well off campus, but we are an Ag school) so maybe only the Agriculture and Health majors got that kind of info, doesn’t mean they applied it.