I'm speaking from my own experiences, and from working within an office setting, the middle aged Black women aren't as keen to hit the gym as are the white women.

We have a YMCA in our basement and employees get a decent discount. Times I walk by there as a shortcut, I don't think I've ever seen one Black woman down there. Mostly white women of all ages, white dudes of all ages, and some brehs. Working in an office is a bit of a luxury when it comes to women, I like bird watching. The older I get, the more I'm looking at middle aged women, and weight wise, figure wise, white women are doing better in that department. There's a subsection in my department that consists of 90% white women. They're making money too, but something I noticed is, they don't order out until Friday. That's the day they let their hair down food-wise. Whether that be Chinese take-out, a Philly Steak type place, etc.. Even then when they order out, a ton of them still get salads. On the other hand, the Black women working here, order out on any given day (their order always gets messed up somehow

), frequent Chinese spots, Mexican, Arby's, etc.. They're not ordering salads either. Nope, it's Jumbo egg-rolls with General Tso's, wings, meatball hoagies, etc.. That's just what it is.
Statistics say the same thing too per the CDC below. Granted to be fair, I think a lot of our people are naturally rounder and fuller shaped than others, and BMI's don't take that into consideration. Still, there's a lot of Black women who need a reality check on their weight the same way I needed a check on my hair thinning. I thought my sh!t was just growing slower until one day it finally hit me that I needed to shave it all off. It was over. The same way with some Sisters who were thick in their twenties, but upon hitting their thirties crossed over but are in denial about their azz. Sometimes in conversations with them they're talking that sh!t about who couldn't handle them, wearing ill fitting clothing on the weekend out in public, etc.. A lot of them have their head in the sand.