The news that the Obama Administration is considering CNN health report Sanjay Gupta for the post of Surgeon General has not been met with undiluted joy on some of the more prominent feminist and fat-acceptence blogs.

"I heard this on NPR this morning and was screaming, "NOOOOO!!!!!" at the top of my lungs in the car. Gupta is a BAD choice period. He's an extraordinarily bad choice if you are a fat person in the United States. Increased marginalization and vilification here we come," says a commenter on BigFatBlog.com.

"I want to say "Sounds Good!" just to keep the S.G. theme going, but, unfortunately, this selection doesn't sound that good, at least for some of us, because Dr. Gupta is an "obesity epidemic" guy who occasionally likes to mingle his fat-hating with misogyny," says Melissa McEwan at Shakesville.

Various bloggers have criticized Gupta's reporting on the role working mothers may play in the increasing rates of childhood obesity, his concerns that doctors are too reluctant to tell patients they are overweight or obese and his management of CNN's various programs to educate viewers on exercise, diet and weight managment.

This criticism illustrates just how complicated and confusing the national discussion on weight has become. The medical issues have become entangled with the social issues, to the point where the ultimate goal -- optimal health for each individual -- has become lost.