After High School, Young Women's Exercise Rates Plunge
After they lose access to high school sports, young women — especially young women of color — get less exercise than they should. And far less than young men.
Young women, especially young women of color, get less exercise than their male counterparts, and the disparities worsen after high school ends.
This is the finding of a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
As teens, 88 percent of boys report being physically active compared to 78 percent of girls. Once the days of high school soccer games, track practice and PE class have ended, around 73 percent of young men stay active, but only
