THE federal Liberal MP under fire for allegedly questioning whether a woman weighing 70 kilograms is overweight says he was not being judgemental, but simply wanted to spark debate about obesity.
Andrew Laming has been criticised for commenting on a News Corp photograph of vet nurse Melanie Ward, 35, in her gym gear.
Ms Ward is described in the 2012 photo as being the "average Australian woman", at 163cm tall and weighing about 70kg.
"So it is ok to be overweight, if it is now average!" Dr Laming tweeted last weekend.
Federal Labor MP Kate Ellis on Sunday accused the backbencher of an "appalling attack" on the Sydney woman.
But the Queensland MP, who is a trained doctor, said he had simply reposted a old News Corp article about rising obesity rates.
"I made no judgements about obesity," Dr Laming told AAP.
"I haven't made any comment at all on the image of the person. I simply asked a question to promote debate. I haven't taken sides.
"Any suggestion that it was judgemental or an attack on an individual is just plain silly."
Ms Ellis said: "We don't need this government critiquing women's bodies".
"We've got health experts and many others who will do that, and women themselves," she told Network Ten on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters in Brisbane, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he was "not familiar" with the Twitter post.
"I obviously want to promote good health, but you've got to do it in ways which bring people with you," he said.
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