Zoe Saldana's weight revealed on magazine cover

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, TODAY

TODAY - The June issue of Allure breaks that taboo, and readers are reacting. Zoe Saldana appears on the upcoming cover, and the headline under her name reads, "115 pounds of grit and heartache."

Study: NYC better than LA at cutting kids' obesity

Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - From 2003 to 2011, obesity rates for poor children dropped in New York to around 16 percent. But they rose in Los Angeles and ended at about 20 percent...

Researchers, black bloggers debunk women's weight myths

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - CeCe Olisa's struggle with her weight isn't one that's unfamiliar in the African-American community...

Serena Williams stands up for Taylor Townsend

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams says she's alarmed by the U.S. Tennis Association's decision to hold a top junior player out of competition over concerns about her fitness...

Banned from pee wee football for being too big

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Elijah Earnheart, 12, was recently banned from playing pee wee football because of his size...

Ne-Yo rejects MLK role over weight gain

theGrio

Can you picture R&B star Ne-Yo playing Martin Luther King, Jr.? Apparently the singer was being seriously considered for a big screen biopic of the legendary civil rights leader...

Is Queen Latifah cheating on Jenny Craig with Fatburger?

theGrio

Queen Latifah has been a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig since 2008 and she has inspired weight-loss across the country. This makes the fact that Latifah owns a Fatburger fast-food chain that much more startling...

Obesity costs: The new second-hand smoke?

Caryn Freeman

theGRIO REPORT - Not only are there health care costs associated with taking care of Americas growing number of obese transposition, health and safety costs are all being passed on to tax payers as well...