Identifying Contextual and Emotional Factors to Explore Weight Disparities between Obese Black and White Women | Zendy

NiCole R. Keith | Zendy; Huiping Xu | Zendy; Mary de Groot | Zendy; Kimberly Hemmerlein | Zendy; Daniel O. Clark | Zendy

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Identifying Contextual and Emotional Factors to Explore Weight Disparities between Obese Black and White Women

Author(s) -

NiCole R. Keith,

Huiping Xu,

Mary de Groot,

Kimberly Hemmerlein,

Daniel O. Clark

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights women s health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1179-562X

DOI - 10.4137/cmwh.s34687

Subject(s) - body mass index , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , weight management , weight loss , obesity , psychology , black women , gerontology , white (mutation) , medicine , demography , geography , endocrinology , biology , psychiatry , gender studies , sociology , biochemistry , gene , archaeology

Obese black women enrolled in weight loss interventions experience 50% less weight reduction than obese white women. This suggests that current weight loss strategies may increase health disparities.

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