Another View on Health: Obesity

It's no secret - Americans are fat, and getting fatter. In the African American community, obesity has reached epidemic proportions. African Americans are disproportionately affected by heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer - and obesity is a critical factor in all of these illnesses. And there's another dynamic - culturally many African Americans celebrate being overweight using terms like a "thick," "meat on their bones," or "phat." On the next Another View on Health we talk about overcoming obesity with Cardiologist Dr. Keith Newby, and Caren D. Beasley, M.D., Clinical Director of the Medical Weight Loss Program with Sentara Comprehensive Weight Loss Solutions. Plus Lisa Godley tells us about an oasis in the middle of Norfolk's "food desert." It's all on Another View, Friday, July 26 at noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM, or stream us on your computer at whrv.org.