NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sellers notes how his life has been bookended by tragedy – the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre and the 2015 Charleston Massacre, where he lost...
NORTH DALLAS GAZETTE — A healthy lifestyle can begin at home with active family activities and a balanced nutrition plan. Obesity may be influenced by a...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The mission of the Youthful Joy Foundation, quite simply, is to bring joy to youth through health.
Ben Rooney, CNN MONEY (CNN Money) — Finish that soda, junior. Dairy Queen is removing sugary drinks from its children’s menu, bowing to a request...
Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly Sometimes celebrities or otherwise physically fit people will put on a fat suit and document their experience with...
(The Huffington Post) – It goes without saying that the United States’ childhood obesity rates are beyond problematic — approximately 17 percent of kids and adolescents in this...
Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner CHICAGO – Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama said Thursday that the U.S. has undergone a “culture change” in the five years since she started...
(Tech Times) – Puerto Rico has an obesity crisis. It has higher incidence of childhood obesity compared with mainland United States. In a bid to...
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Childhood obesity has quadrupled in teenagers, and more than doubled in children over the course of...
(Reuters Health) – Girls are developing breasts at younger and younger ages, a new study confirms. And upward trends in childhood obesity seem to be playing...
[THE TAMPA TRIBUNE] There’s been a big shift in how many school districts take money from soda companies and ban junk food from vending machines, health...
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Sumbry Office of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing 334-724-4552 334-339-1928 tsumbry@mytu.tuskegee.edu TUSKEGEE, Ala. (January 21, 2013) – College students from...
