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Embrace You W.E.L.L. Walk With a Doc & Workshops
Ready to walk, eat, and live lighter this fall? 🍂 Our Embrace You W.E.L.L. Walks are the perfect way to level up your health and...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Oct 2, 20243 min read
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Honoring Black History to Enhance Black History
At Embrace You Weight and Wellness, we celebrate Black history and prioritize Black Health year-round. However, recognizing Black History...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Mar 2, 20235 min read
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The Weight of Motherhood: Black Maternal Wellness
I struggled physically and emotionally for years after the birth of my son. So on August 5-6, 2022, I had a full circle moment as a...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Aug 9, 20227 min read
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Black Bodies: Black Women & Obesity: What Do We Know?
Do doctors really know how to treat obesity in Black women? I just received the feedback from "Obesity & Black Women: What Are We...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Jul 31, 20223 min read
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"Black Women & Obesity: What Are Missing?" Part II-Racism & Culture
Black women want to be healthy. However, there are many barriers to addressing obesity in Black women. Obesity is a complex disease with...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Apr 15, 20223 min read
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Black Women & Obesity: What Are We Missing? Part I- BMI & Body Composition
We hear the statistics often, "Two-thirds of Black women are overweight or have obesity." But too often, the discussion stops at this...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Apr 8, 20223 min read
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Black Maternal Health Week
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. It hits differently because the statistics are very real for me and could have been deadly. I had...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Apr 16, 20214 min read
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My Scientific American Response to “The Racist Roots of Obesity”
Thank you Scientific American for publishing my response to sociologist Sabrina Strings, Ph.D’s “The Racist Roots of Fighting Obesity”...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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Racism, Racial Disparities & Obesity in the U.S.
This blog post was originally written in July 2020 for the #Obsm Blog and corresponding #Obsm Twitter chat on racism, racial disparities...

Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie
Aug 20, 20204 min read
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