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Line 57: + + − + + + − But that didn't stop the Obamas from going to a Mount Desert<ref>http://www.mdiic.com/</ref> ice cream parlor in North Carolina<ref>http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/white-house-wanderers-tour-acadia_2010-07-16.html</ref>, where a typical vanilla is very high in saturated fat and calories<ref>http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-ice-creams-vanilla-i19095</ref>, alongside any other premium ice cream<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/2008/05/21/six-of-the-most-fattening-ice-cream-flavors.html</ref>.
→Color of Change and Glenn Beck
Racism doesn't stop Color of Change from selling T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Kanye was Right" [http://www.zazzle.com/kanye_was_right_tshirt-235287472366274585], referring to the hostile remarks made by rapper Kanye West during a fundraising for victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in September, 2005, in which he declared that the federal response to the disaster was deliberately slow because the victims were black. "We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!" He added a moment later "George Bush doesn’t care about black people." [http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/beck_bush_racist_kanye/2009/08/23/251371.html] [http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/beck_bush_racist_kanye/2009/08/23/251371.html][http://www.defendglenn.com/behind_the_lies.html]
Racism doesn't stop Color of Change from selling T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Kanye was Right" [http://www.zazzle.com/kanye_was_right_tshirt-235287472366274585], referring to the hostile remarks made by rapper Kanye West during a fundraising for victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in September, 2005, in which he declared that the federal response to the disaster was deliberately slow because the victims were black. "We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!" He added a moment later "George Bush doesn’t care about black people." [http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/beck_bush_racist_kanye/2009/08/23/251371.html] [http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/beck_bush_racist_kanye/2009/08/23/251371.html][http://www.defendglenn.com/behind_the_lies.html]
[[File:11834504 3cc3c49559.jpg|180px|right|thumbnail|In April of 2007, the ''American Journal of Public Health'' analyzed data from 2002 National Survey of Family Growth and the data suggested that [[United States|American]] [[lesbianism|lesbian]] women were 2.69 times more likely to be overweight and 2.47 times more likely to be obese than all other female sexual orientation groups.
<ref name="ajph">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17463369&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women: Evidence From Population-Based Data, Ulrike Boehmer, Deborah J. Bowen, Greta R. Bauer, American Journal of Public Health, 2007 Jun;97(6):1134-40. E pub 2007 Apr 26.]</ref> Barack Obama appointed Regina Benjamin, an obese woman, to be the US Surgeon General.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=8129947&page=1</ref> Regina Benjamin and the Obamas have yet to make a public statement concerning [[lesbianism and obesity]] ]]
==Eating well==
==Eating well==
====The Obamas and obesity====
====The Obamas and obesity====
The Obamas have come out against obesity, making it a goal to have obesity ratings for all citizens done by 2014<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/17/feds-monitor-obesity-white-house-promotes-obama-cook-senior-position/</ref>. This includes mandatory checks on body fat index, to be made available in medical health records. "We all know the numbers," Michelle Obama said. "I mean, one in three kids are overweight or obese, and we're spending $150 billion a year treating obesity-related illnesses. So we know this is a problem, and there's a lot at stake"<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/michelle-obama-childhood-obesity-initiative/story?id=9781473</ref>. Her efforts include teaching kids at the school level about proper nutrition and diet<ref>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-michelle-obama-20100716,0,5929371.story</ref>; and she has made claims that it costs over $140 billion a year in heath care, in addition to national security issues<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/61157</ref>.
The Obamas have come out against obesity, making it a goal to have obesity ratings for all citizens done by 2014<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/17/feds-monitor-obesity-white-house-promotes-obama-cook-senior-position/</ref>. This includes mandatory checks on body fat index, to be made available in medical health records. According to ''The Hill'', the "first lady Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity has thrust a tax on fast food and soft drinks onto the legislative agendas of local and state governments."<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/101213-poll-finds-stiff-resistance-to-obesity-tax</ref> "We all know the numbers," Michelle Obama said. "I mean, one in three kids are overweight or obese, and we're spending $150 billion a year treating obesity-related illnesses. So we know this is a problem, and there's a lot at stake"<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/michelle-obama-childhood-obesity-initiative/story?id=9781473</ref>. Her efforts include teaching kids at the school level about proper nutrition and diet<ref>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-michelle-obama-20100716,0,5929371.story</ref>; and she has made claims that it costs over $140 billion a year in heath care, in addition to national security issues<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/61157</ref>.
But that didn't stop the Obamas from going to a Mount Desert<ref>http://www.mdiic.com/</ref> ice cream parlor in North Carolina<ref>http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/white-house-wanderers-tour-acadia_2010-07-16.html</ref>, where a typical vanilla is very high in saturated fat and calories<ref>http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-ice-creams-vanilla-i19095</ref>, alongside any other premium ice cream<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/2008/05/21/six-of-the-most-fattening-ice-cream-flavors.html</ref>. In addition, Barack Obama appointed Regina Benjamin, an obese woman, to be the US Surgeon General.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=8129947&page=1</ref> Regina Benjamin and the Obamas have yet to publicly discuss the [[Lesbianism and obesity|significant obesity problem within the lesbian community]].
==Money issues==
==Money issues==
====Making money====
====Making money====