Starting today all McDonald’s in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will offer fruit automatically in their Happy Meals as a part of McDonald’s new “Commitments to Offer Improved Nutrition Choice”. The initiative is supposed to “help” customers make more nutrition minded choices but I’d say if you chose to go to McDonald’s the first […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the replacement for the 19-year-old food pyramid last Thursday. Introducing: My Plate. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
First Lady Michelle Obama does the dougie and more as she dances to Beyonce’s reworking of “Get Me Bodied” for Mrs. Obama’s Let’s Move campaign to help combat childhood obesity. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
“I am excited to become part of this effort that addresses a public health crisis. First Lady Michelle Obama deserves credit for tackling this issue directly, and I applaud the NAB Education Foundation for trying to make a positive difference in the lives of our schoolchildren.” -Beyonce Singer Beyonce is joining First Lady Michelle Obama […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson I was reading green blogger CanarsieBK’s post Are the White House Garden and Michelle Obama Just Smoke and Mirrors? and I wanted to leave a comment, then I realized my comment was way too long and turned into another post! Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Last year I brought you Top 5 White People Worth Interrupting Black History Month For as a statement that while this site has a strong focus on Black people there are many ideas out there and all of our answers were not going to come from only dealing with Black people. The question was raised […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Panther Jerry Dunigan, known as “Odinka”, serves breakfast to children at Panther Free Breakfast Program Occasionally I find I still have to make the case to people that Black People do care about the environment, which includes health. For Black History Month here’s yet another example: In January, 1969, The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hip Hop mogul Master P and First Lady Michelle Obama are teaming to fight childhood obesity. During Grammy week, Master P, or Percy Miller, will be hosting an event to Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Photo Credit: AP Photo It’s definitely something that’s another tragedy for our community. [You] have to realize we have to prepare for this but, you never know when something like the oil spill will happen.” “It’s out of control and it’s killing the animals and the business people that do fishing in that area. People […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This organization’s purpose is to build a society that helps to motivate our young people to aspire for greatness, by being fit and healthy through education, entertainment and music. The school tour is committed to educating the community on healthy eating and the benefits of physical activity to reduce obesity, especially childhood obesity.” ~Romeo Miller […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
