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An article on the Huffington Post states that obesity is rising in U.S. children. Despite recent data suggesting that the rate of childhood obesity in the U.S. has started to level off, a new study out Monday (September 9th) from the American Heart Association found that the number of U.S. children who are severely obese […]
After being taken to task by Tom Joyner on his blog and making headlines nationwide for his comments about fat people, Tyrese apologized via his Twitter account. This morning…
The U.S. Army is trimming the fat, due to the alarming number of soldiers who are grossly overweight. Why? Because the battle of the bulge has…
Women who are obese are already at risk for a slew of health issues. Now, according to a recent study published in the International Journal of…
America’s obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no hint of reversing course. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/life_style/fitness_life_style/36311
African-Americans frequently look towards race and economic factors as our biggest challenges, but there are self-inflicted problems that are literally killing us. The recent and untimely deaths of Heavy D and Patrice O’Neal has made the health issues that arise from being overweight very hard to ignore. According to HuffPost, obesity is a “full-blown crisis […]
Whenever I watch those episodes of Maury where these morbidly obese children are rolling around the stage chewing on Fruit Loops and furniture, I wonder where these parents lost their power. Since when can two and three-year-olds tell you what they are and aren’t going to eat? As a parent, it’s your responsibility to introduce […]
The new study suggests that the group that may benefit from “targeted anti-obesity interventions and from obesity prevention programs.” Read More:
Many religions condemn overeating and laziness. But new research finds that people who frequently attend religious services are significantly more likely to become obese by the time they reach middle age. CDC On Alert For New Deadly Strain Of E.Coli The study doesn’t prove that attending services is fattening, nor does it explain why weight […]
The stigma associated with being overweight in Western society has spread around the world, even to cultures which traditionally embraced larger figures as the epitome of beauty. The New York Times recently published an article entitled “Fat Stigma Spreads Around The Globe” that blamed this change on the media saturation of the idealized slim body […]
