dr. gourdine mentioned. it was a study that said adolescent black girls couldn't benefit from exercise in the fight against a bct. the analysis of the research it was accurate and important but there were critical questions that none of the coverage asked. they didn't mention that the data on by yet and exercise was reported by the teenage girls. they didn't discuss the fact that they were basing their analysis on race for which there is no genetic basis and they didn't talk about the other benefits these young ladies may have gotten from exercise. but these two articles along with one on child abuse much childhood sexual abuse being higher black women and linked to obesity they forgot to mention that is the relationship of white women of other races. receive coverage and abc news, nbc news, the huffingtonpost.com, the "los angeles times," that line incoming "u.s. news and world report." but let me tell you what came out during the same week that didn't make any of the publications. i have the title on my la

dr. michelle gourdine, as yet gourdine and associates that creates policy solutions and improves the health of the underserved communities. she is the author of reclaiming our whole for the guide to african-american well as a graduate of the johns hopkins school of medicine dr. gourdine is an assistant professor of the university of maryland school of medicine and seniors receive faculty at the johns hopkins school of public health and is also the former secretary to the cause secretary. thank you all so much for joining the panel. we really appreciate it. [applause] >> first and foremost all of you cover a wide range of health issues in the work you do. can you explain a bit about how you are addressing the obesity epidemic in your work? the one to start? >> it is my pleasure. hartwick to congratulate the group for bringing this to the attention of so many. this is certainly an issue that we have dealt with in our almost 30 years in existence making sure that we are the voice for black women of color and dealing with the experiences that black women have yet to being overweight and obesity