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The Crimson White


Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White
Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Weight and body image are no laughing matter

Madelyn Schorr • September 22, 2015

A few weeks ago, YouTube personality, Nicole Arbour, made a video titled ‘Dear Fat People.’ In the video Nicole made some low blows at people who she deemed to be fat. She said she wasn’t talking...

Health conference to host culinary medicine director

Health conference to host culinary medicine director

Karley Fernandez • April 13, 2015

The goal of the 16th Annual Rural Health Conference is to push the understanding of individual, clinical and 
community healthcare in rural Alabama.The conference will be held April 17 from 8 a.m. to...

Scale Back Alabama to host weigh-ins for obesity

Kyarra Harris • January 19, 2015

Scale Back Alabama, a free organization dedicated to lowering the obesity rate in the state, will be hosting weigh-ins at The University of Alabama this week.According to CBS News, Alabama is currently...

Device offers diet tracking

Device offers diet tracking

Lauren Lane • November 17, 2014

Edward Sazonov, an associate professor of electrical and 
computer engineering, is part 
of a collaboration with other professors from Georgia State University and the University of Colorado at Denver...

Lost in the food desert

Lost in the food desert

Emily Williams • September 7, 2014

At 9 p.m. in Alberta City, the Piggly Wiggly grocery store closes for the evening. The next closest store is Winn-Dixie, almost two miles down the road. For residents with a car, the commute is no problem,...

‘Morbidly obese’ has lost its weight

Cheyenne Paiva • June 5, 2012

In America, these are the three main categories for the weight of the average citizen: Normal weight, overweight and obese. Following closely is morbidly obese, slowly but surely catching up to the pack,...

Plate size helps manage portion size

Tricia Vaughan • March 26, 2012

“When it comes to eating, what’s more simple than a plate?” asked Michelle Obama. The first lady, who has launched several initiatives to endorse healthy lifestyle habits, has a point: When it comes...

Pulse: White House to target childhood obesity

Alan Blinder • February 9, 2010

The White House formally launched an effort Tuesday to combat childhood obesity as President Barack Obama created a federal task force to examine what has become an epidemic in recent years. Researchers...