Or is DAFN *genetic*?
newsday.comsns ap globesityOpen ↗
blacks,0,4622480.story?coll=sns-ap-health-headlines
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********************* Hazard of Weight Gain for Blacks
Unclear - June 26, 2004
While much research suggests even a little extra weight can
be bad for people's health, the hazard is much less clear
for black people than for whites.
Several studies show little or no association between rising
weight and the risk of death for U.S. blacks, especially
women. In fact, being overweight but not obese could even be
a benefit rather than a hazard.
The question is why. Are blacks truly less susceptible than
whites to the ill effects of fat? Or are the studies somehow
so flawed that they fail to measure this effect? .....
One of the largest reports to look at this, an analysis of
American Cancer Society data on more than 1 million U.S.
adults, found strong ties between weight and longevity for
whites but much less solid evidence for blacks. ......
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