Why did we normalise Somali women being fat? We have too many overweight people for an African country

[EainA2]

These are the women who will be raising our children. It has to stop. Even the men are getting bigger. I was shocked to see obese Somali men in Mogadishu. How does that happen? They don't even have good food over there.

 

[Kalsoon]

These are the women who will be raising our children. It has to stop. Even the men are getting bigger. I was shocked to see obese Somali men in Mogadishu. How does that happen? They don't even have good food over there.

Be respectful.

 

[hayran]

Brutal, any somali girl that isn't a landwhale registers as a 8 to me minimum because of this. Somali mothers are horrible when it comes to diets, they call a normal bmi girl (only girls) 'caato' which is a signal to her mother that she needs to be fed more.

This can be easily solved by the Men taking a more active role in child rearing

 

[EainA2]

Be respectful.

I'm not trying to be disrespectful or insult women, but this is a major concern. A lot of women in our community are diabetic, and it's an issue that needs to be addressed. We shouldn't shy away from health topics.

And these women tend to pass their bad eating habits to their children

 

[olore]

most of us are skinny people back home idolise being obese

 

[The Oponian Guild]

I don’t want to be crude but the raag back home like a SUV, they’re not into sports cars…

 

[Kalsoon]

I'm not trying to be disrespectful or insult women, but this is a major concern. A lot of women in our community are diabetic, and it's an issue that needs to be addressed. We shouldn't shy away from health topics.

And these women tend to pass their bad eating habits to their children

You're not trying to be disrespectful but you are. Those people could look a certain way due to health complications, child birth or lack of access to healthy nutritious meals. Would you want a stranger to use the photos of women in your life to prove a point?

 

[Shakespeare_aabihiis]

It's the same for the diaspora. Most men are cool with it though because they like fat women because they're obsessed with futo.