Time Magazine: Cutting Belly Fat Can Help With Sleep Woes
Now researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report that weight loss, either through diet or a combination of diet and exercise, can lead to better sleep. The post Time Magazine:...
View ArticleStudy: Fat Prejudice Plays a Role in Graduate School Admissions
"we could see a clear relation between their weight and offers of admission for those applicants who had had an in-person interview..." The post Study: Fat Prejudice Plays a Role in Graduate School...
View ArticleExperts Say Smoothies May Be As Bad as Sodapop
That smoothie might be causing your more harm than good. The post Experts Say Smoothies May Be As Bad as Sodapop first appeared on A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss. The post Experts Say Smoothies...
View ArticleRecent Studies Challenge Anti-Salt Thinking
On recent analysis regarding sodium in the diet, and my first thoughts reading the research. The post Recent Studies Challenge Anti-Salt Thinking first appeared on A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss....
View ArticleTake The Quiz: Do You Have An Unhealthy Food Addiction?
A 9-question quiz to help you discern whether or not you suffer from a food addiction. The post Take The Quiz: Do You Have An Unhealthy Food Addiction? first appeared on A Black Girl's Guide To Weight...
View ArticleStudy Finds That Obesity Affects Job Prospects & Promotions For Women
"We found that strong obesity discrimination was displayed across all job selection criteria, such as starting salary, leadership potential, and likelihood of selecting an obese candidate for the job."...
View ArticleStudy: Poor People Keep the Diet Pill Industry Afloat
Why is it that the poorest Americans would spent their hard-earned dollars on something like diet pills, that promise results without actual work? The post Study: Poor People Keep the Diet Pill...
View ArticleIs Your Fitness Tracker Accurate? New Tests Don’t Think So
Study tests fitness tracking wristbands, smartphone apps, and waist-clipping pedometers. Guess which one was most accurate? The post Is Your Fitness Tracker Accurate? New Tests Don’t Think So first...
View ArticleStudy: Do You Want Fries With That? (Please Say No)
But is a serving of boiled potatoes really much worse than a helping of nuts? Is some white bread as bad as a candy bar? The post Study: Do You Want Fries With That? (Please Say No) first appeared on A...
View Article3 Reasons Why You Need to #MakeYourMove Towards Better Sleep
Yes! I'm telling you that, if your goal is to lose weight and live healthier, you need to go to sleep! I am sending you to bed. Go. Now. And here's why. The post 3 Reasons Why You Need to #MakeYourMove...
View ArticleTrue or False: Fitness-Focused Foods Actually Make You Healthier
True or False: Foods such as Clif Bars and Wheaties, whose packaging suggests that they promote fitness, can actually make you healthy. The post True or False: Fitness-Focused Foods Actually Make You...
View ArticleSound Off: Guess What Fuels Weight Bullying?
Do you think weight and size should be included in the list of protected classes and, if so, in what instances would it help? The post Sound Off: Guess What Fuels Weight Bullying? first appeared on A...
View ArticleTrue or False: Fat Is Converted to Energy When Burned
More than 50 per cent of the 150 doctors, dieticians and personal trainers who were surveyed thought the fat was converted to energy or heat. The post True or False: Fat Is Converted to Energy When...
View ArticleWhy The Biggest Loser Metabolism Research Doesn’t Surprise Me
I believe I said, years ago, one more link for good measure, that the onslaught of reality tv show weight loss porn aggravated me to no end. I stated, very… The post Why The Biggest Loser Metabolism...
View ArticleStudy Says Eating ‘Lighter’ Versions of Snacks is Worse For You
"People who eat “light” snacks and drinks such as baked potato chips or diet soda are likely to eat 13 percent more calories than people eating full fat snacks." Duh. The post Study Says Eating...
View ArticleCoconut Oil is Unhealthy? Not So Fast
Last week, a flurry of news reports were released, discussing research from the American Heart Association that discusses whether or not we can consider coconut oil a “healthful” food. From… The post...
View ArticleStudy: Hair care might be barrier to health for black women. Should doctors...
We can barely get doctors to hear us when we talk about the pain from bones dangling from sockets, or other real and sincere health problems. Doctors are supposed to care about something like our hair?...
View ArticleThis is What White Supremacy in Medical Research Looks Like
There’s been this one thing that has been nagging at me ever since I first saw it, about a year ago: But a study published Tuesday in The Journal of… The post This is What White Supremacy in Medical...
View ArticleThe Truth About Why There Aren’t Any Grocery Stores in the ‘Hood
People will tell you any old self-hating nonsense about why there aren't any good grocery stores in the hood. It's time to learn the truth. The post The Truth About Why There Aren’t Any Grocery Stores...
View ArticleThe Empathy Gap: Coronavirus is hitting Black communities harder than anyone...
It's too easy to blame Black people's rates of heart disease and diabetes for the high rate of COVID-19 related mortality. It's so, so much deeper than that. The post The Empathy Gap: Coronavirus is...
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