America is sadly renowned for having the most obese population in the world –by far. Obesity is a dangerous condition that can generate lots of secondary problems, like heart disease, diabetes and eventually death, and for some reason it strikes the African-american population more strongly. Thus, a national program called to 50 million pounds challenge has been launched in order to help African-americans of all ages across the US lose 50 million pounds. 50millionpounds.com is the official site for this health crusade, and in it people who need to lose weight or want to give their support to this very valuable initiative can find information and resources to help them fight obesity and track their progress. The site includes sensible and down-to-earth dietary plans and a weight tracker, which is nothing more than a diary that keeps count of lost pounds, and through it the program measures up in order to achieve the 50 million pounds lost.