Via Fox Baltimore.com Howard County’s Executive says that its time to do away with sugary drinks. Ken Ulman banned the sale of sugary drinks from county property. This ban is an effort to lower childhood obesity as most Howard County residents are obese. Read More. BREAKING: Supreme Court Will Hear Two Same-Sex Marriage Cases 41st […]
Obese black women have a better weight-related quality of life than white women with the same weight, according to a new U.S. study.
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 […]
New York– A Northwestern University study found that young adults who are regularly involved in religious activities have higher chances of becoming obese by middle age. Also read: Model & Single Mother Jourdan Dunn, 20, Reveals Son Has Sickle Cell The research found correlations between the frequency of church-going, and the participants Body Mass Index; […]
Superstar Beyonce Knowles just announced her involvement with First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to end childhood obesity. In conjunction with The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF), Beyonce is encouraging kids to get up and dance! Motivate!
Andrew Breitbart, who was recently sued by Shirley Sherrod for defamation of character, has released a controversial cartoon which features Michelle Obama on his site BigGovernment.com that mocks Michelle Obama’s fitness campaign, while making her look like a fat hungry woman. The cartoon has already been criticized by the web site Bossip, Thefrisky and Mediamatters. […]
Alabama — Politics Daily is reporting that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is defending Michelle Obama in her “food fight” with Sarah Palin, who says the first lady needs to mind her business.
Washington — On her reality show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” former Governor of Alaska and GOP candidate for Vice President, Sarah Palin mocked Michelle Obama’s anti-child obesity campaign. “Where are the s’mores ingredients? This is in honor of Michelle Obama, who said the other day we should not have dessert.” Michelle Obama has never said that […]
As everyone on Blackplanet knows, the Black Panther Free Breakfast Program was perhaps the most creative, ingenious, daring and visionary of all their initiatives.
