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Kaleb J. Hill is the CEO of FitnessFleet, Inc., a medical fitness corporation that caters to the healthcare needs of patients who are predisposed to chronic illness. His primary focus is promoting practical solutions to overcoming health disparities. He is a published white coat poet and visual artist who promotes Black love and self identity, by way of art.
Fitness Fleet is doing a medical crowd funding for patients who can’t afford healthcare services and/or medications. People can donate here: Invest in the Future of Black Health. The official launch of the “free clinic” day is scheduled for November 2014.
Fitness Fleet has recently partnered with Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy’s Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities to launch a community health initiative based in New Orleans. Our primary focus is Black and Hispanic people. We’ve also partnered with Top Box New Orleans to provide fresh produce for people who live in low income communities, and we deliver these boxes to their homes for free.
During our conversation, Kaleb talked about:
– How health is been part of his life since he was very young
– Appearing on National Public Radio (NPR)
– Black men and emotional eating and black mens reaction when he talks about it to them
– How many of the illnesses that blacks have are preventable
– His thoughts on the health care initiative introduced in America by Barack Obama and the state of the American health care system
– His “Invest In Black Health” initiative
– Some of the common health challenges that black men and black women face and how they can be prevented
– Blacks in the health profession and health literacy
– The story behind his company Fitness Fleet
– That his message for older blacks and young blacks is different
– The challenges that Black and Latino Americans are facing are similar
– How the American health care system is creating barriers to health care
– Why is it so important for him to serve his community
– The importance of eating healthy
– His words for black men
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God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,
Dr. Vibe
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