discovered that black girls metabolize slower when they re resting. they burn less energy, and burn less fat as well. joining me to talk about this studio is ashley hicks t. co-creator of the group black girl run. here s the study. monitoring 12 to 14-year-old teens action and found for white girls exercise just plain works, about you for african-americans there s this minute pal impact. how do you think that young girls hearing about this new study who are weight-conscious, body-conscious because of our society, what it does to young girls, how it will be digested? no one wants to hear it s going to be harder for you to lose weight, but i also think it s an opportunity to really start talking about diet. the study talks a lot about exercise. i think our community needs to start having this larger conversation about diet, what we re eating and how we re