MeMe Roth -- America's Annoying Mother

I don't know if you've seen this woman on television, but there's a woman in NY named MeMe Roth who is the president (and apparently only member) of the advocacy group National Action Against Obesity. In the past, this woman has just gone over the top with her "activism."

A sampling of her craziness:

-- Has derided celebrities in the past over their own healthy habits. The more notable example being her comments about American Idol winner Jordin Sparks (who isn't extremely heavy bot isn't a stick figure, either) : "When I look at Jordin, I see diabetes, heart disease, I see high cholesterol ... She’s the vision of unhealth."

-- Her war against cupcakes in school.

-- Destroying a snack table at a YMCA in Pennsylvania because she was offended by the fact that they were having an ice cream party.

-- Her war on Girl Scout cookies.

-- And the list goes on and on...

Well, she's been in the news again the past couple of months. I'm surprised that I missed this article on her last month from The Guardian. They interviewed her about her advocacy, and then managed to get an uncomfortable truth about her own eating habits that she wasn't willing to admit right away -- the woman won't eat until after she's done her workout, which means there have been occasions where she's skipped breakfast AND lunch. In fact, at the time of the interview she had done just that -- while the interviewer was talking to her, he noted the time as 3:30 p.m., and she admitted that she hadn't eaten at that point.

NY Times also had an article on her this past Monday on her "advocacy" at her children's school, which has gotten to the point where the administration has asked her to move from the district so they didn't have to deal with her. It started over a juice pop that her child was given by a teacher on a hot day, and it kind of went downhill from there.

Look, I admire anyone who tries to bring attention to the issue, but this woman is just annoying, and doesn't even follow her own advice. She's not interested in health, she just doesn't like people who are fat.

Think that's overboard? Here is a statement from the "Wedding Dress Challenge" that she ran at one point:

Most women I know commit fraud on their wedding days--they weigh-in for the walk down the aisle with no expectation of maintaining that weight year after year ... Somewhere between the wedding reception and delivery room, many women abandon their brains, body and libido. It's wrong to be fat. It's easy, but it's wrong ... Dump your friends who plan to grow fatter with every year. Surround yourself with those who aspire to greater things.

Roth is not interested in you. She's interested in making everyone look like her.

Well, if being skinny means having her mentality, I'll gladly stay fat.

(h/t Center for Consumer Freedom for a lot of the articles linked here)