The nation’s newest health phenomenon, Black Girls Run, will touch down in Nashville on Saturday, January 5, 2013. BGR, a national running group and health movement, is hosting its first national tour, Preserve the Sexy. It will be held from 9 a.m – 2 p.m at Aloft Hotel, 1719 West End. The one-day conference will [...]
Study: Exercise Benefits Black Girls Less Than Whites
June 5, 2012 | Posted by
In a dispiriting finding for African American girls and women, a new study finds that while engaging in high levels of physical activity is a good bet for preventing obesity in white adolescent girls, it does not give their black peers the same benefit. The study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, [...]
