In the United States, fat-shaming and fat-phobia are as American as apple pie. While the Black community is more likely to embrace obesity as curvy, that…
03/05/14- Why is Huggy Lowdown so excited about the fifth of March? Find out after you listen! Plus, he gives his two cents on the decriminalization of marijuana in Washington D.C. and the most obese states in the USA.
It’s a shame that some black folks spend too much time ridiculing each other when there are a myriad of critical issues that need our collective attention in black communities across the nation. Is this about self-hate? Help me out here. I’m talking about the vile treatment of Gabourey Sidibe, who attended the Golden Globes […]
It’s not all about how many calories kids consume that is causing obesity. Dr. Collier says what kids eat and how often they eat that also…
Pastor Dr. Michael Minor of the Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Mississippi banned fried chicken and sugary drinks from church potlucks with the hopes of promoting healthier living and combating obesity in his community. Minor told Yahoo News the change has been a success, he explained, “You can see the difference. People are much […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has surpassed the United States in levels of adult obesity, a dubious distinction that experts attribute to Mexicans abandoning their traditional diet for processed snack foods and drinks. Almost one-third of adult Mexicans, 32.8 percent, are obese compared to 31.8 percent ofAmericans, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, […]
Mexicans are all about taking things away from Americans. First they take our low-level jobs, then they make tacos more popular than apple pie and…
Falica is 11-years-old and weights 400 pounds. Her mother, Earlene Johnson, says that she has done all she can to lower her daughter’s weight. “We…
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 on the  “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” Tyrese apologized again, saying his comments were not specifically directed at Black women. “I want to go on the record and say this. I […]
UNION BEACH, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie, who has acknowledged to Barbara Walters he’s “more than a little” overweight and munched on a jelly doughnut on David Letterman‘s talk show, is addressing his weight issues head-on.  Speculation is intensifying that he’s positioning himself to run for president in 2016. “If you talked to anybody […]
Is this the same NAACP that passionately backed President Obama’s health reform law? You know the law that stresses prevention as well as treatment? The one that, for many people, covers screenings for chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease – maladies that disproportionately plague black people? The one that also covers counseling for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of the city’s limit on the size of sugary drinks are raising questions of racial fairness alongside other complaints as the novel restriction faces a court test. The NAACP’s New York state branch and the Hispanic Federation have joined beverage makers and sellers in trying to stop the rule from […]
