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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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!

I think we have all long known what John Gray put down in words in his bestseller, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: There are differences between the sexes, not just physically, but psychologically. And a new study being published in the May issue of Personality Individual Differences reinforces that belief.

Back when The Price is Right first aired, Americans were eating fewer than 20 pounds of chicken per year. Flash forward 54 years and our annual chicken poundage has jumped closer to 60. That’s an increase of more than 300 percent. So what accounts for the hike? Obesity, heart disease, diabetes—you name it. As studies began linking fatty diets […]