Dear colleagues,
See below.
All the best,
Pat
Dr Patricia Noxolo,
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
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Sent: 30 September 2016 10:37
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Subject: Dionne Taylor and Bonnie Greer - Radio 4- Curvalicious- 11.00am today
BCU Lecturer Dionne Taylor and Bonnie Greer discuss the physique of Black Women’s bodies today on Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07wgng3
Women from the African-Caribbean community are more likely to be obese compared to their white counterparts. But is this simply a matter of bad diet and exercise or is there more to this growing trend?
Journalist and presenter Bridgitte Tetteh ballooned to dress size 22 at the tender age of 14. She investigates the increasing pressures on women from African and Caribbean communities to pursue a curvy physique and the toll it's having on their health. Will her own experiences shed any light on why so many black women pile on the pounds?
Author and playwright Bonnie Greer and Birmingham City University lecturer Dionne Taylor discuss the cultural and historical factors, and there's frank discussion from both men and women in the community. Bridgitte also meets the white woman willing to undergo plastic surgery to achieve a so-called 'perfect black bottom'. There's discussion of the prevalent health issues with Dr Nkem Ezeilo and a visit to some healthy Caribbean cooking classes in Reading.
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4.
Dionne Taylor
Lecturer in Sociology
Birmingham City University
Curzon Building- C323
4 Cardigan Street
Birmingham
B4 7BD
0121 331 5529
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