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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMay 7, 2012
Duke University researchers say that Americans will only get heavier over the next 20 years.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMay 1, 2012
This celebrity trainer says that black people need to put health before image and hair.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMay 1, 2012
Beyoncé's song and the first lady's potato-sack-race win are among the highlights of the campaign.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 25, 2012
This weight-loss blogger, who has lost 160 pounds, says it's a myth that black women accept obesity.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 16, 2012
This filmmaker says that BMI is meaningless and stress is making African Americans obese.
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I prefer to press on. It’s truly difficult sometimes; I’m not going to lie.
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One blogger considers the government's role in dietary matters a conspiracy.
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First lady Michelle Obama made a big speech addressing the matter at the Department of Health and Human Services this week. Her remarks—like her entire approach to food policy since moving to Washington—were casual, yet insistent, speaking not just to the federal employees but to all working families.
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September 1, 2009
Michelle Obama's Kitchen Garden has been the subject of countless stories on healthy eating and the obesity epidemic. Now the first lady and White House assistant chef Sam Kass show off the garden themselves in a short film produced by AOL News.
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