Black Women’s Health Study digging deep into obesity causes
What factors causes obesity? Why does it affect so many African-American women? Experts at the Black Women’s Health Study work to answer these questions.
Articles by Laura Onyeneho
Laura Onyeneho is a candidate for an MA in Broadcast Journalism at Emerson College and graduated Cum Laude from Curry College with a BA in Politics and History and Minor in Communication.
She is a contributing writer for the Bay State Banner Newspaper, reported for 88.9 WERS’ Associated Press award winning public affairs show ‘You Are Here” and a Co-Host on the Associated Press- RTDNA award winning Emerson College talk show “Every Women Has A Story” which profiles the lives, obstacles, and successes of everyday women.
She hopes to use journalism as a platform to spotlight the experiences of underserved communities both in the United States and abroad.
African-American women tackle negative body stereotypes through fashion and entrepreneurship
A research study for the Dove Campaign for Beauty found that 81 percent of U.S. women surveyed believe the media sets an unrealistic standard of beauty most women couldn’t ever achieve. But some Boston African-American women in plus-size fashion and business are challenging that thinking.
Cambridge woman fought obesity and now leads others in the same battle
Take a look at ways one women chooses to fight against obesity