A story of a teen girl who received multiple weight loss surgeries, and a reported rise in the practice.

What we rarely hear about, though, is how 70% of Black men, age 20 or over, are currently overweight. When it comes to high blood pressure, men have the ladies …

““I just wanted to be healthy. It was just before my 21st birthday. I had walking pneumonia, couldn’t breathe and felt totally fatigued. I remember thinking, ‘I’m in my prime. …

“You know, exercise will kill you…you should just eat and get fat…”