black/obesity

The marked excess of obesity among black women in the United States poses several interesting questions which provide the framework for this review: Is the apparent high prevalence of obesity in black women a valid finding? If so, does it show the expected disease and disease risk associations? Can

Diabetes mellitus is more prevalent in the American Black population than in the White population. The prevalence is increasing in Blacks, and there is evidence that it is accompanied by a greater severity of diabetic complications. In addition, mortality figures are higher in Blacks, and Black

In the United States, obesity and hypertension are more common in blacks than in whites, but that general statement hides some important sex differences. Thus, in black women the prevalences of both obesity and hypertension are greater than in white women, whereas in men, although there is no racial

BACKGROUND The quantitative intraracial burden of cancer incidence, survival and mortality within black populations in the United States is virtually unknown. METHODS We computed cancer mortality rates of US- and Caribbean-born residents of Florida, specifically focusing on black populations (United

BACKGROUND The prevalence of obesity is higher in Blacks with racial divergence in adiposity in girls starting during adolescence. Our hypothesis is that in Black children, puberty associated increase in fat oxidation is diminished and could play a role in predisposing to fat accretion triggered

The excess of hypertension among blacks has been recognized since early in this century and explains a substantial portion of the black health disadvantage. In a cohort study begun in the 1970s, hypertension accounted for 20% of all-cause mortality among blacks, compared to 10% among whites.

We used complex segregation analysis to compare the genetic transmission of overweight in randomly selected black (N = 60) and white (N = 961) families. In both groups we found evidence for polygenic transmission. Major gene inheritance was strongly supported in whites and was marginally supported

A large body of clinical investigation implicates an important role for the sympathetic nervous system in linking obesity with hypertension. However, the experimental support for this hypothesis is derived from strictly white cohorts. The goal of this study was to determine whether being overweight

There are a disproportionate number of Black women who are either overweight or obese. Health professionals who are overweight or obese were found to have less confidence in weight management practice. Studies show that overweight and obese nurses avoid the topic of obesity with their overweight and

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to examine the associations of nativity, immigrant generation, and language acculturation with obesity among lower income black adult men and women. METHODS Data from 551 black adult men and women were collected from participants in the Healthy Directions-Health Centers

To better understand similarities and differences in Black and White women's perceptions about obesity, we conducted race-matched focus groups with thirty physician-referred, obese women. Participants completed demographic questionnaires and body image assessments. Analysis yielded some common

Black skin is a common feature of many ethnic groups living in Africa, or originating from Africa and living in America or Europe. Despite this variety, hypertension in blacks is assumed to have several common epidemiological, physiological and clinical characteristics. However, on the

To examine the impact of stressors relevant to the lives of Black young adults including racial, financial, occupational, and general stress and psychological distress on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Specifically, this study examined the relationship between multiple psychosocial stressors and

The relationship between obesity (or overweight) and hypertension among blacks warrants careful consideration because of the substantial prevalence of both obesity and hypertension in the black population. Based on the relative risks of hypertension for overweight and nonoverweight persons in the

In the United States, obesity is more prevalent in black than in non-Hispanic white women. Because low resting metabolic rate (RMR) has been suggested as a risk factor for weight gain, we compared RMR in 22 black and 20 white obese [body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) range: 28.9-48.6 and 26.9-44.1,