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TheGrio's 100: Michelle Obama, first lady leads fight against obesity

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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...
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TheGrio's 100: Linda Fondren, moving Mississippi to get healthy

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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...
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First lady: Wal-Mart to sell and make healthier foods

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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."...
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Master P teams up with the first lady to fight obesity

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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...
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'Diet or die': World's fattest woman warned after hitting 700lbs

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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...
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Military weighs in: Recruits turned away due to obesity

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VIDEO - 27 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds are ineligible to join the military because they're overweight...
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Are black kids a bigger target for fast food companies?

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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...
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In this July 8, 2010 photograph, Matthew Haynes, left, leads a group of teen girls in a high-energy workout at the Mississippi Against Obesity Foundation Fitness Clinic in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)

Obesity rates improve for some, continue to increase for black girls, study shows

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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...
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Study: Black girls reach puberty faster than others

Trenae McDuffie
VIDEO - One chief researcher says these girls are reaching early puberty because of the rising obesity epidemic that plagues many American children...
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Extra vitamin D may improve heart health in black teens

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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...
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