Are we so concerned with physical appearance that we'd deny Governor Christie the chance to be president? "If you're looking at someone as a presidential candidate, of all the things to worry about, you're going to worry about their body weight?" said Gary Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple. "What about their ability to govern? To balance a budget? "It's about a perception that somehow obese people are viewed as weak-willed or undisciplined. We've got to get past this as a society.”