Obesity

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November 18, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While most kids her age are playing with toys, 7-year old LaNiyah Bailey is writing books about…
November 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Even for middle-aged hip hop heroes, maintaining a diet into middle age that is high in fat…
November 14, 2011
GENEVA (AP) -- An advocacy group estimated that 552 million people could have diabetes in two decades' time based on…
November 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT-The newly launched African Heritage Diet Pyramid is designed specifically for African-Americans "to re-introduce them to lost roots of…
November 9, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Georgia ranks low among states on several health indicators, including childhood obesity, infant mortality, childhood obesity, infectious…
November 7, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - African-American women have higher obesity rates than any other group in the nation, with four out of…
October 26, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Nearly two-thirds of Michigan residents are considered overweight, making Michigan the 10th fattest state in the country...
October 12, 2011
REVIEW - Chelsea is smart, sweet, very stylish, has a smile that lights up a room and you find yourself…
September 22, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - For years, the prevailing wisdom has been that overeating is caused by a lack of discipline, but…
September 21, 2011
One thing Ross is also at the top of is his weight class....and not in a good way...
September 15, 2011
OPINION - Dull neutrals still abound, but Fashion Week 2011 also showed its true 'color'...
July 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama says McDonald's decision to add apples to its Happy Meals is a positive step toward…
July 20, 2011
VIDEO - You might say he's a Texas-sized tot. Born weighing a whopping 16 pounds, a Longview, Texas, baby is…
July 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - JaMichael Brown broke records with his birth weight of 16 pounds and his mother can celebrate a…
June 28, 2011
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich being found guilty on 17 of 20 corruption charges might mean the House Ethics Committee…
June 6, 2011
VIDEO - The Washington School for Girls' seventh-graders are 'stepping' their way to healthier lifestyles...
June 2, 2011
NEW YORK - Besides a trim and a shave, customers at Denny Moe's Superstar Barbershop in Harlem can also receive…
May 24, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Once a disease of the elderly, diabetes now affects black children too. African-Americans in general are two…
May 4, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - About 85 students at P.S. 161 in Harlem were in the middle of a choreographed routine…
April 12, 2011
Last month, Beyonce joined forces with First Lady Michelle Obama to promote the national Let's Move! campaign, which aims to…