{"id":6478,"date":"2021-02-12T16:17:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2021-02-12T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T21:17:16","slug":"be-smart-eat-smart-black-health-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2021\/02\/12\/be-smart-eat-smart-black-health-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Smart, Eat Smart: Black Health Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6479\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/02\/besmart.jpg?resize=300%2C215&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Be Smart, Eat Smart: Black Health Matters graphic\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Detroit Mercy Dental celebrates Black History Month with \u201cBe Smart, Eat Smart: Black Health Matters,\u201d a virtual conversation with alumna speaker Asia Rawls on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. This event will guide the Detroit Mercy community through healthy options, benefits and risks of particular diets using simple illustrations and exemplifications.<\/p>\n<p>Rawls will discuss the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My Journey<\/li>\n<li>Misconceptions about Health<\/li>\n<li>Developing Your &#8220;Why&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Black History &amp; Our Relationship to Food<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Alternatives &amp; Tips to Takeaway<\/li>\n<li>Not a Food Desert, But a Knowledge Desert<\/li>\n<li>Junk Food Diet &amp; Fast Food Diet<\/li>\n<li>The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Health<\/li>\n<li>Making Health a Lifestyle and Overcoming Social Pressure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and to register, contact Detroit Mercy Dental Office of Diversity and Inclusion Director Melvin Lunkins at <a href=\"mailto:lunkinms@udmercy.edu\">lunkinms@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy Dental celebrates Black History Month with \u201cBe Smart, Eat Smart: Black Health Matters,\u201d a virtual conversation with alumna speaker Asia Rawls on Wednesday, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[199,826,3867,2782,2781,148,150,3868,1227,627,185,1228,17,404],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-1Gu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6480,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions\/6480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}