TheGrio's 100: Michelle Obama, first lady leads fight against obesity
The Grio's 100 - Michelle Obama is throwing her weight behind her landmark Let's Move initiative, and is propelling our country towards a healthier future...
TheGrio's 100: Linda Fondren, moving Mississippi to get healthy
TheGrio's 100 - After obesity factored in her sister's death, Linda Fondren made it her mission to get Mississippi, the country's most overweight state, into shape...
First lady: Wal-Mart to sell and make healthier foods
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mrs. Obama said the announcement has "the potential to transform the marketplace and help Americans put healthier foods on their tables every single day."...
Master P teams up with the first lady to fight obesity
VIDEO - Master P will be hosting an event during Grammy week where he will ask celebrities to support the first lady's Let's Move! campaign through his own Move Through Music organization...
'Diet or die': World's fattest woman warned after hitting 700lbs
A woman believed to be the world's fattest at 50 stone (700lbs) is facing a battle to shed weight after being told by doctors she could die...
Military weighs in: Recruits turned away due to obesity
VIDEO - 27 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds are ineligible to join the military because they're overweight...
Are black kids a bigger target for fast food companies?
OPINION - According to the Rudd Center study, African-American children and teens see at least 50 percent more fast food ads than their white peers...
Obesity rates improve for some, continue to increase for black girls, study shows
theGRIO REPORT - Trends in the data also suggest that discrepancies in the prevalence of obesity among children of different ethnicities are expected to worsen over time...
Study: Black girls reach puberty faster than others
VIDEO - One chief researcher says these girls are reaching early puberty because of the rising obesity epidemic that plagues many American children...
Extra vitamin D may improve heart health in black teens
Black teens can gain a measure of protection from heart disease by taking daily vitamin D supplementation at levels that are five times the current recommendations, new research suggests...
