Health
Health issues are especially important in the black community as diseases like diabetes and obesity adversely and disproportionately affect black men and women. This section focuses on disease prevention and wellness as well as explaining some terms, diseases and healthy living habits that you may not know but need to know.
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Being healthy is obviously the most important aspect of survival. Too often as men we take our health for granted, but of your health fails you cannot work, you cannot take care of your kids and you cannot even take care of yourself. For those wanting to address those extra pounds that have accumulated around the belly the obvious choice is to go to the gym, pump a little iron and let it all fall back into place. Well this may work when you're young, but as you get older the weights get a little heavier and the pounds are more reluctant to leave. In addition, if the gym routine has gotten old and boring you may not work out as hard as you need to drop that additional weight.
