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Beyoncé's post-baby body is hers -- not ours

By Demetria Irwin

4:42 PM on 02/08/2012

OPINION - It's not good to base your personal body image and expectations (especially during and after pregnancy) on another person -- especially Beyoncé...
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Michelle Obama beats 'Late Night' host Jimmy Fallon in fitness challenge

By theGrio

8:53 AM on 02/08/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama and 'Late Night' host Jimmy Fallon turned the White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!" fitness campaign....
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Michelle Obama shows off push-up skills on 'Ellen'

By Rhyanne Green

3:56 PM on 02/02/2012

VIDEO - While Mrs. Obama was a guest on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' to promote her 'Let's Move' healthy eating campaign, Ellen DeGeneres made a friendly push-up contest. challenge...
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Paula Patton: Shedding baby weight was 'the most grueling thing'

By theGrio

2:22 PM on 01/31/2012

Paula Patton described losing her baby weight in the five months prior to shooting as 'the most grueling and one of the hardest things I've done'...
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TheGrio's 100: C.J. Senter, 10-year-old fitness instructor

By Keosha Johnson

11:09 PM on 01/30/2012

theGRIOs 100 - C.J. Senter has six-pack abs, loves to exercise and has his own brand under which he produces a line of fitness DVDs. This sounds like your typical fitness instructor, except for one thing: Senter is only 10 years old.
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50 Cent releasing fitness book, food guide

By theGrio

2:34 PM on 12/08/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - 50 Cent has rapped about getting rich. Now he's focusing on getting fit...
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Sharpton sets healthy example with 100 lb weight loss

By Amelia McGriff

9:55 AM on 12/07/2011

theGRIO REPORT - He's lost over 100 pounds and is determined to keep it off. Even President Barack Obama recently urged him to 'go ahead and let loose a bit on Thanksgiving'...
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First lady in La. urges more green peas, exercise

By theGrio

6:00 AM on 11/02/2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama led peppy toddlers at a New Orleans daycare center in calisthenics and read them a book about a mouse that eats green peas...
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'American Grown': Title of Michelle Obama's book

By theGrio

3:12 PM on 10/24/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - The publisher of a book Michelle Obama is writing about her White House produce garden says it will be called "American Grown."
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First lady targets world record for jumping jacks

By theGrio

5:16 PM on 10/06/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama wants to jump into the Guinness World Records book next week by helping break the title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period...
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Lowering diabetes risk not all or nothing

By Dr. Tyeese Gaines

6:45 PM on 09/05/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Lowering a person's risk of diabetes does not have to be all or nothing, based on new data out today...
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How to get fit while keeping your hair in shape

By Janelle Richards

6:11 PM on 05/27/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - The sweat caused by grueling hours in the gym often curls the roots, frizzes the bob and can ruin a sometimes expensive hairstyle for women...
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Maryland 4th grader selected to shush first lady

By theGrio

2:15 PM on 03/03/2011

VIDEO - A fourth-grader from Frederick, Md., recently got away with something even the leader of the free world likely can't do -- shushing first lady Michelle Obama...
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Madame Noire: Seven cheap must-haves for your home gym

By Madame Noire

4:57 PM on 02/24/2011

Although it may not look like it now, spring is approaching and you're eventually going to have to shed those lumpy sweaters, baggy jeans and boots before you know it...
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Beyoncé's trainer explains how to stay fit for the holidays

By theGrio

9:55 AM on 12/25/2010

During the holidays, it's easy to overindulge in all the yummy, home-cooked treats...
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On your mark, get set -- more women running now

By theGrio

2:02 PM on 12/07/2010

VIDEO - Women, especially, are picking up the pace. Running USA reports 908,000 women finished a race in 1989. In 2000, the number topped more than 5 million...
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Janet Jackson gets candid about body image insecurity

By Clutch Magazine

3:08 PM on 11/05/2010

CLUTCH - In fact, Janet's relation with being a "size too big" came early -- at the ripe age of 10...
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Urban 'victory garden' is win-win for seniors with health problems (VIDEO)

By Todd Johnson

8:53 AM on 09/06/2010

theGRIO VIDEO - A group of seniors is learning to create their own diet plan from the ground up...
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DC students weigh in on obesity lessons

By theGrio

9:33 AM on 06/23/2010

VIDEO - Practically everything at River Terrace Elementary in Washington, DC--to what the kids hear, what they eat and what they learn--promotes better health...
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How obesity has become a part of black culture

By Dr. Tyeese Gaines

10:29 AM on 06/21/2010

OPINION - Regular exercise, portion-control and healthy eating habits are not routinely ingrained into the structure of African-American families...
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