Not All Women Are Meant to Be Thin

A Look at Genetics, Epigenetics, and Race in the Futile Attempt to Be Skinny

I recently read an article in the New York Times, in which Megan Thee Stallion spoke about why she stands up for black women. In it she said:

Many of us begin to put too much value to how we are seen by others. That’s if we are seen at all. We deserve to be protected as human beings. And we are entitled to our anger about a laundry list of mistreatment and neglect that we suffer.

For me this resonated on many levels. Last week, when I wrote about the ever growing lack of diversity in the wellness industry, it led me to this next series of posts about black women, body image, diet culture, and what we actually eat.

Not All Women are Meant to Be Thin — It’s Genetically Impossible

The issue of body image is a complex tapestry woven with threads of societal expectations, personal perceptions, and genetic realities. The role of genetics, epigenetics and ancestral heritage are factors that combine to dictate that not all women are meant to be thin, genetically, that’s impossible. And as I read about the impending Ozempic Era, in which a growing class of drugs are supposedly miracle cures from obesity to diabetes. I am horrified.