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Healthy Eating

Ewunike A. Akpan trains her boot camp class outside.

Going to extremes to get fit

Yanick Rice Lamb
theGRIO REPORT - Intensive workouts like P90X, CrossFit or Insanity can be good ways to jump start a fitness or weight-loss plan, but only with the right start...
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Baby

Are our babies getting too much salt?

Yanick Rice Lamb
theGRIO REPORT - Paying attention to ingredients is important since 75 percent of some toddler food sold in stores is high in salt..,
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A black woman eating fruit

7 reasons we don’t eat right and exercise

Sloan Luckie, Blackdoctor.org
Blackdoctor.org - Most people know how to eat right and exercise…right? Maybe, maybe not...
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A person stands next to a Church's Chicken restaurant on July 24, 2008 in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Do chain stores avoid black neighborhoods?

Leslie-Anne Frank
theGRIO REPORT - Many necessary retail resources were either non-existent, scarce or required traveling some distance...
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Denny’s is among 30,000 restaurants that are making kids’ menus healthier. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Eating out? Healthier meals for kids

Black Health Matters
Black Health Matters - According to the National Restaurant Association, 30,000 restaurants nationwide are part of the association’s Kids LiveWell program that helps parents and children choose healthy meal items when dining out...
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First lady Michelle Obama and Food Network chef Rachel Ray discuss lunches with students from the Eastside and Northside Elementary Schools during a "Let's Move!" program at the Clinton, Miss., schools Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The pair visited with the children and conducted a cooking contest between the schools' chefs. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Michelle Obama wins over Mississippi

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - In a country that in recent years has become almost defined by political polarization, it's hard to imagine more unexpected partners than the deeply red state of Mississippi and Michelle Obama....
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You can beat the odds and prevent heart disease or stroke by reclaiming your history and returning to whole unprocessed foods. ©spotmatikphoto - Fotolia.com

Eat cuisine from our roots for better health

Constance Brown-Riggs
theGRIO REPORT - The foods, robust flavors and healthy cooking techniques that were core to the wellbeing of our ancestors may actually be the path to optimal health...
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A black woman exercising

5 healthy lifestyle tips for 2013

Constance Brown-Riggs
theGRIO REPORT - Adopting a healthier lifestyle doesn’t have to mean deprivation or struggle—not if you take the right approach...
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Chef Bryant Terry

theGrio healthy cooking: Chef Bryant Terry

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - Chef Bryant Terry has focused the last 10 years of his career on food justice activism...
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Chef Danielle Saunders and her Sweet Potato and Pecan Pie

theGrio’s healthy cooking: Chef Danielle Saunders

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Check out Chef Danielle Saunders' recipe for an updated version of two soul food classic deserts, merged into one: Sweet Potato and Pecan Pie...
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