http://mystrongmedicine.com/2009/12/15/whats-so-bad-about-being-obese/ The adventures of a male nurse navigating through life, staying fit, surviving the journey. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mystrongmedicine.com/2009/12/15/whats-so-bad-about-being-obese/#comment-4530 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:57:15 +0000 http://mystrongmedicine.com/?p=2585#comment-4530 Right you are my friend. Right you are.'A cautionary tale and poster-child' – yet another nugget of truth!

]]> http://mystrongmedicine.com/2009/12/15/whats-so-bad-about-being-obese/#comment-4529 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:57:15 +0000 http://mystrongmedicine.com/?p=2585#comment-4529 Right you are my friend. Right you are.'A cautionary tale and poster-child' – yet another nugget of truth!

]]> http://mystrongmedicine.com/2009/12/15/whats-so-bad-about-being-obese/#comment-4528 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:28:08 +0000 http://mystrongmedicine.com/?p=2585#comment-4528 Grizzwald Chapman is probably not a bad guy, but he did what a lot of men do with their health and he did the head-in-the-sand thing. By simply ignoring his hypertension and the ensuing renal damage, he cooked his goose. Add to that, he's an African-American looking for a kidney donation-and as hard as donor organs are to come by, among African Americans there is an even smaller pool of organ donors.If nothing else, Mr. Chapman has become the poster child/cautionary tale for what happens if you choose to ignore your hypertension and not watch your weight and not take your medications. It also puts a human face on the high levels of hypertension in the African-American community.

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