Tag: Black Women

  • ‘Black Girls Run’ Act as Exercise Ambassadors

    and Megan Burks In San Diego County, 65 percent of African American women are overweight or obese, according to Lakeysha Sowunmi of the Network for a Healthy California. That’s in part because of poor nutrition–African Americans eat 35 percent more fried foods than any other ethnicity, Sowunmi said. But another factor is often overlooked. Many…