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Originally Posted by GGG
I think you are missing the point. The question isn't does an overweight person or a person with a normal weight make a better health minister. A persons health has no bearing on how well they can do the job as health minister. This notion that fitness and healthiness should have a bearing is ridiculous.
I want someone who understands how to get people to implement workflows that eliminate waste and how to implement programs to get doctors to wash their hands between patients. Someone who will decide things that should no longer be covered, stand up to unions and limit the inflation in health care costs to pop growth plus inflation.
None of those things have anything to do with weight.
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How about the concept of buy-in? We show up for job interviews in suits because presentation and image is important.
If she supports or opposes changing Canada's food guide, are you more or less likely to accept her proposal (at face value) than someone who is athletic. There is a certain value in competence, much like there is also a certain value in advocacy for this position.
I think we do have a certain unconscious bias for things like this. Would you trust a dietitian who is morbidly obese? An addictions counselor that is high? They may be giving good advice, but you are going to have that voice in the back of your head saying "look how they are following their own advice".
In a perfect world, you are correct, it shouldn't matter. But I think it does in this one.