December 26, 1990-The Portland O bserver- Page 5
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N u tr ilS y te m S tu d y Reveal»
Weight Lo»a Can Be M aintained
There’s good news for the 65 mil­
lion Americans currently on a diet.
A study released by Nutri/System,
Inc. shows th at you can lose weight
and keep it off.
Dr. S tu a rt Shapiro, National
Medical Director for Nutri/System,
released th e stu d y d u rin g the
American D ietetic Association’s
Annual Meeting in Denver. The re­
search consisted of twenty men and
women who had lost more than 100
pounds on th e N utri/S ystem ®
Weight Loss Program and had ap­
peared in advertisem ents touting
their success. The individuals were
asked 15 months after reaching their
goal weight to provide their current
weight. Sixteen of the 20 had not
gained more than five pounds.
“This survey shows th at these
individuals were very successful at
m aintaining th eir w eight,” said
Shapiro. “It sends a message to other
overweight individuals th at weight
loss success can be achieved with
the right diet program.”
Shapiro added th at this helps to
refute claims th at diet companies
typically point out the tremendous
weight loss success of their clients,
but fail to provide information re­
garding their long-term success with
weight m aintenance.
Nutri/System will be conducting
a larger study th at will include indi­
viduals who have lost sm aller
amounts of weight and have not
appeared in advertisem ents, since
those in the study may have felt
social pressure not to gain weight.
“There are enormous positive
implications of this study,” said
Shapiro. “Obesity is a serious public
health concern and is associated
with an increased risk for such
problems as hypertension, high
cholesterol, diabetes, gallbladder
disease, some cancers, strokes and
early death. Losing weight safely
and keeping it off can lead to a
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B Y P R O F E S S O R M C K IN L E Y B U R T
It ail tied together last week, d id n ’t
it? Ihe uttering storm and lightning
strikes surging about every bastion A fri­
can Americans have erected to defend
their slow march tow ard parity in the
American scheme of things. First it was
the assault upon attem pts to render a true
and documented account of black contri­
butions to the w orld’s culture and civili­
zation (Baslinc Essays).
Next has come about the revelation
of a ‘renew ed’ and massive effort to
deny blacks positions in the skilled trades
by escalating the importation of even
‘sem i-skilled’ immigrants from all over
the world. But even this is not thought to
be quite enough to deflect the aspirations
of the African American. The racist ele­
ments in government, academ ia and the
gutter have banded together for the coup
de grace. Target ‘RACE SPECIFIC
SCHOLARSHIPS!” Read “ minority
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Ray Charles and Immigration (Concluded)
Now, hold that thought for a mo­
ment, because apropos to our revelations
here, there is a television documentary
in process, extolling the accomplishments
of a pioneer naturalist and artist, John
Audubon (The Audubon Society). The
magic of that name and the brilliance of
his illustrations o f American flora and
fauna has become die base o f a m ulti­
billion dollar ’industry' organized around
a messianic ecological mission to save
“ endangered species” o f plants and
animals.
But isn’t it strange that according to
m ost o f the American authors writing
about his gifted man, HE M UST HAVE
BEEN BORN AT THE AGE O F 12,
because that is when the narrative usu­
ally begins, in Nantes, France. We who,
of course arc always suspicious o f such a
miracle, tend to look deeper, and are not
at all surprised to learn o f his African
W est Indies mother, married to a French
sea captain.
This was commonplace in the French
colonies and upon her death the widower
took the child to France where the best of
education was available. A distant rela­
tive o f the mother was taken along as a
‘nanny’, but you need to read in the
French to get the entire non-racial story.
American artists have portrayed him pale
enough to look like on e o f those A N O ­
REXIC BARBIE DOLLS. And have
sharpened his nose finer than the face job
performed upon Michael Jackson (a true-
look-alike in French renderings). In
America, W ILLIE HORTON, YES-
JOHN AUDUBON, NO!
Now, with that rem inder o f a cen tu ­
ries-old but ever present A m erican cul­
tural tradition, let us return to the “ m i­
nority scholarship” morass. A good place
for us to enter the controversy would be
last Thursdays’ broadcast o f a hearing
held by the House Education and Labor
Committee. The chair was senior black
congressman Augustus Hawkins, dem o­
crat from California. He weilded a heavy
and determined hand in questioning
members, a most impressive group of
both black and white educators.
Notable by his absence was the
strange (and strange-looking) brother,
Michael L. W illiams, who detonated a
political bomb when he announced a
new policy of the Education D epartm ent
stating that “ race exclusive scholarships”
were discriminatory and therefore ille­
gal. Chairman Hawkins left no doubt
that in the future subpoenas would be
served on the “ no-show s’.
Enraged and outraged m em bers o f
the education community included noted
black educator, Dr. Samuel M eyers o f
the Association o f Black Colleges, Ju­
lius Davis, president of the U.S. Stu­
dent’s Association, Jannel Byrd, A ssis­
tant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense
Fund, Dr. Adib Shakir, o f Tuscaloosa
United Negro College Fund, and educa­
tor, Dr. Kwisi M fumu, Dr. M eyers com ­
mented quite acidly that it was not so
much the “ physiogom y” o f M ichael L.
W illiams that was startling, but die posi­
tion he held in the D epartment o f E duca­
tion.
Though the first of a series o f hear­
ing did little more than em phasize the
depth o f the nation’s concern (and con­
fusion) aroused by this ferocious attack
upon the most effective weapon African
Americans have in their batde to gain
educational parity, little doubt was left
but v'hat this com m ittee intends to u n ­
cover the full ram ifications o f the plot.
The “ sm ell” was seen to indicate that
like W atergate, it began deep in adm ini­
stration dungeons, perhaps direedy be­
neath the W hite House. This new spaper
will stay on top of this story and keep the
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m arried. Into this union one c h ild was born, D ontc R. Pctett.
A nnette leaves behind, M other, JoA nn T ra vis, Step Father,
W ende ll B. Travis, Sister, V ic to ria A n n W oodards, Brother,
H enry B . Scott, Sister, F elicia C. T ravis, G randm other M ary L.
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Christmas Breakfast
Featured Santa's Visit
Thirty-five children ages 3-10
were hosted at a family breakfast co­
sponsored by the Holiday Businessmen
and the Martin Luther King Blvd. Lyon’s
restaurant. In addition to breakfast, St.
Nick him self visited, bringing gifts.
This effort was the inspiration
o f Mr. Joe 1 urco, C.M o f the host Lyon’s
restaurant and Mr. Dennis Payne from
the Holiday Businessmen Children trom
the Grace ( ollins M emorial Center and
the Martin Luther King Jr. School are
the recipients of this generous cfforL
Parents were being encouraged
to bring their children and partic ipate, as
this is in part to encourage family unity.
The Grace Collins Center and King School
express their sincere appreciation for
this effort and generosity.
Dram atic changes are tak in g
place in the work force. P erhaps one
of the most significant is the surge
in the number of working women.
Balancing work and family respon­
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America’s working families and their
employers.
Family-responsive policies in the
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for employers in areas such as pro­
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copies of the Women’s B ureau pub­
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by sending a self-addressed m ailing
label to: Women’s Bureau, D epart
ment P, U.S. D epartm ent of Labor,
200 C onstitution Avenue, N.W ’
Washington, D.C. 20210.