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EXERCISE AND OBESITY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN African American women are more affected by obesity than any other ethnic group. Obesity leads to various illness and diseases and therefore should be s

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EXERCISE AND OBESITY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

African American women are more affected by obesity than any other ethnic group. Obesity leads to various illness and diseases and therefore should be seriously examined. One of the most common causes for obesity is the absence of or very little exercise. Given the high rate of physical inactivity and obesity among African American women there is an urgent need to better understand what barriers need to be removed in order to obtain increases in physical activity. (Rimmer, J. H., Hsieh, K., Graham, B. C., Gerber, B. S., & Gray-Stanley, J. A., 2010, p. 2).

We will discuss the various barriers that African American women face and ways they can overcome them. There have been several factors that have been identified that keep many women from engaging in physical activity. A few of these factors are fear that it will worsen a pre-existing condition,