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Pidgeon, Ashley, & Gillis, 2009).However, even with the known physical and mental
health benefits of a physically active lifestyle, only 40% of the entire U.S. population
engages in enough activity to derive health benefits (lzquierdo-Porrera et al., 2002).
Lack of physical activity has contributed to having a high body mass index (BMI)
(Yanek, Becker, Moy, Gittelsohn & Koffman, 2001). BMI is a common clinical
measurement used to classify adult weight status in predicting or impacting health
outcomes such as quality of life. BMI is calculated by dividing a person's weight, in
pounds, by their height squared, in inches, and then multiplying by 703. A BMI of 18.0-
24.9 is in the normal category; 25.0-29.9 is overweight and 30.0 or over is obese (Cox,
Zunker, Wingo, Thomas & Ard, 2010). For obese individuals, weight reduction through
regular exercise has proven to have a positive effect on quality of life (Wiklund et al.,
2011). Yet, more than one billion of the world's population is overweight and 300 million
are obese (Wiklund et al., 2011). In the United States alone, 66% of the adult population
is overweight or obese (Song, Peng & Min Lee, 2001). Many factors contribute to the
BMI status of an individual and can vary depending on age, race, gender,
socioeconomic status, heredity, or other characteristics of the overweight/obese
individual (Cox et al., 2010). Obesity, along with hypertension and diabetes, is
especially on the rise among minorities and women (Wilcox et al., 2007; Baldwin,
Humbles, Armmer, & Cramer, 2001; Murrock & Gary, 2010), which is largely due to lack
of physical activity (Yanek, et al., 2001; Williamson & Kautz, 2009). Many African
American women, in particular, lead sedentary lifestyles and, as a result, have the
highest prevalence of high blood pressure (42.6%) and obesity (79.6%) in the United
States, which is among the highest in the world (Williamson & Kautz, 2009).36
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Rose, Melanie. Soul Line Dancing Among African American Women in the Church: an Expectancy-value Model Approach, thesis, August 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149658/m1/44/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .