{"id":839,"date":"2010-01-18T18:11:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T01:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=839"},"modified":"2010-01-19T08:26:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T15:26:34","slug":"who-work-for-health-equality-and-be-the-present-day-mlk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2010\/01\/18\/who-work-for-health-equality-and-be-the-present-day-mlk\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Work for &#8220;Health Equality&#8221; and Be the Present Day MLK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In an inspiring segment on <a title=\"Beliefnet.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2010\/01\/Martin-Luther-King-Quotes.aspx?source=NEWSLETTER&amp;nlsource=10&amp;ppc=&amp;utm_campaign=Inspiration&amp;utm_source=NL&amp;utm_medium=newsletter\">Beliefnet.com<\/a>, it says, &#8220;Martin Luther King Jr., was a father, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2010\/01\/Martin-Luther-King-Quotes.aspx?source=NEWSLETTER&amp;nlsource=10&amp;ppc=&amp;utm_campaign=Inspiration&amp;utm_source=NL&amp;utm_medium=newsletter#\" target=\"_blank\">husband<\/a>, a reverend, a civil rights leader, and a resilient man with a clear vision to end segregation in America during the 1950s. \u00a0 On Monday, January 18, we honor a revolutionary man who courageously worked to achieve his dream of creating equality between all men and women. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We have achieved much thanks to Dr. King&#8217;s efforts in terms of &#8220;creating equality between all men and women&#8221;, but there is still a wide gap in health between African Americans and European Americans. \u00a0 Here are some excerpts from an article on the <a title=\"Provider's Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/erc.msh.org\/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&amp;module=provider&amp;language=English\">Provider&#8217;s Guide<\/a> website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the US, 38% of African-American adults are hypertensive, compared to 29% of European Americans.<\/li>\n<li>African Americans have a higher incidence of hypertension, sickle cell anemia, and diabetes than the majority population.<\/li>\n<li>The combined overweight and obesity rates for African Americans are higher than for European Americans; 65% of African-American men and 56.5% of African-American women are overweight or obese, compared to 61% of European-American men and 49.2% of European-American women.<\/li>\n<li>The cardiovascular disease (CVD) death rate for African-American men and women far exceeds the rate for the majority population and for other ethnic groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read the rest of the statistics, <a title=\"Common health problems in African Americans\" href=\"http:\/\/erc.msh.org\/mainpage.cfm?file=5.2.0g.htm&amp;module=provider&amp;language=English\">click here<\/a>. \u00a0 If any of these numbers moves you to action, then why not step up and start making a difference the way that Dr. King did.<\/p>\n<p>As a Team Beachbody Coach, I work tirelessly everyday preaching the gospel of fitness. \u00a0 If you are African American, why not crusade for &#8220;health equality&#8221; for all men and women and become a Team Beachbody Coach like me. \u00a0 You can learn more about me by <a title=\"Team Beachbody Coach Richard Dafter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/howtobefit\">clicking here<\/a> and if you are moved to action, you can <a title=\"Team Beachbody Coach Richard Dafter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/howtobefit\">sign up as a coach from the same page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an inspiring segment on Beliefnet.com, it says, &#8220;Martin Luther King Jr., was a father, a husband, a reverend, a civil rights leader, and a resilient man with a clear vision to end segregation in America during the 1950s. \u00a0 On Monday, January 18, we honor a revolutionary man who courageously worked to achieve his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[375,377,376,378],"class_list":{"0":"post-839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized-posts","7":"tag-african-american-health-problems","8":"tag-dr","9":"tag-health-problems-in-african-americans","10":"tag-martin-luther-king","11":"czr-hentry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who Will Work for &quot;Health Equality&quot; and Be the Present Day MLK? 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