Mix of Factors Related to Exercise Among Minority Women Women from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds say that having more convenient and inexpensive places to exercise would encourage them to become more active, a nationwide collection of studies in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine concludes.

Phone Counseling Puts Sedentary Women on the Move Phone counseling that encourages women to overcome obstacles to exercise in their lives seems to work equally well for black, white, rich and poor individuals, according to research in the American Journal of Health Behavior.

Few People Recognize Warning Signs of Stroke Fewer than 20 percent of adults can correctly identify the signs of stroke and know to call 911 in the case of acute stroke events.

More Sprawl Means More Weight and Less Walking Residents of sprawling counties weigh more, walk less in their leisure time and have higher rates of high blood pressure compared with those in more "compact" counties, a new study finds.

Mothers’ Diets Serve As Example For Daughters When it comes to eating high-fat foods, daughters do as their mothers do, at least to some extent, according to new research reported in the American Journal of Health Behavior.