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Is racism making you FAT? Victims of prejudice are at greater risk of obesity
Mail Online ^ | 3/5/2014

Posted on 03/06/2014 3:27:44 AM PST by Altura Ct.

Researchers found relationship between racism and obesity was strongest among women who were frequent victims of prejudice

The study was based on the Black Women's Health Study, which enrolled 59,000 African-American women in 1995 and has followed them since

Workplace and community-based programmes to combat racism are an important component in strategies to prevent obesity, one expert said

There are many reasons why an increasing number of people are classified as obese - and now racism could be one of them.

Frequent experiences of racism are associated with a higher risk of obesity among African American women, a new study claims.

Scientists found that women who were more frequently victimised for their race, were more likely to be obese.

The study, by Slone Epidemiology Centre at Boston University, found the relationship between racism and obesity was strongest among women who reported consistently high experience of racism over a 12 year period.

The research was based on the Black Women's Health Study, which enrolled 59,000 African-American women in 1995 and has followed them since.

While rates of obesity in the U.S. have risen rapidly over the past few decades, the greatest increases have been seen in African American women, half of whom are currently classified as obese.

Obesity is a risk factor for numerous health conditions including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and orthopaedic problems.

Scientists said that racism is a form of psychosocial stress that African Americans experience disproportionately.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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Where would we be without the 'racism' industry?
1 posted on 03/06/2014 3:27:44 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

Sitting on your ass all day with your hand out makes you fat.


2 posted on 03/06/2014 3:32:11 AM PST by 109ACS (If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
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To: Altura Ct.
Thank goodness for Racism and Global Warming they have delivered mankind from the yoke of personal responsibility.
3 posted on 03/06/2014 3:32:13 AM PST by KSCITYBOY
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To: Altura Ct.

It’s Whitey’s fault that obese Blacks are fat? Boston University has hit a new low.

Was this finding funded by American workers’ money?


4 posted on 03/06/2014 3:34:03 AM PST by abclily
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To: Altura Ct.

Gee, it couldn’t be that the same slothful attitude that causes one to eat breakfast from McDonalds and lunch from Wendy’s every day, is the same personality disorder that causes people to react to you in ways that you perceive as “racism”, but really isn’t.


5 posted on 03/06/2014 3:35:09 AM PST by southern rock
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To: Altura Ct.

Another what came first...the chicken or the egg.


6 posted on 03/06/2014 3:36:46 AM PST by AlexW
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To: 109ACS

Not only that but have you ever been behind ‘a victim of racism’ in a grocery store that is receiving reparations via an EBT card? I’ve never seen one single item in their cart that wasn’t at least 99% sugar. What a bunch of BS! How much did they get paid for this so called study?


7 posted on 03/06/2014 3:39:45 AM PST by MagnoliaB
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To: Altura Ct.
Racism apparently causes gonorrhea to be more prevalent as well =>

The rate of gonorrhea among blacks in 2010 was 432.5 cases per 100,000 population (Figure 22), which was 18.7 times the rate among whites (23.1).

http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats10/minorities.htm

8 posted on 03/06/2014 3:44:58 AM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
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To: AlexW

Exactly! There is a serious cause and effect question here. I wonder if these “Researchers” would blame warm weather for sunny days.


9 posted on 03/06/2014 3:45:39 AM PST by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: Altura Ct.

Got a flat tire on my car. After reading this post I remembered my tires are black...AHA!


10 posted on 03/06/2014 3:48:55 AM PST by stormhill
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To: MagnoliaB

“Not only that but have you ever been behind ‘a victim of racism’ in a grocery store that is receiving reparations via an EBT card? I’ve never seen one single item in their cart that wasn’t at least 99% sugar.”

Too true; shopping for groceries around the first of the month is eye-opening. These “studies” ignore the fact that a growing segment of whites are now exhibiting the same exact behavior as urban blacks (breeding welfare bastards, off-the-charts obesity, rampant drug abuse). Welfare reform will be back in the public discussion as more than half of our population “sits out” the economy of the twenty first century...


11 posted on 03/06/2014 3:54:03 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: 109ACS

“Sitting on your ass all day with your hand out makes you fat.”

Doesn’t help that the other hand is clasping a bucket of greasy fast food or a gallon cup of Dr. Pepper...


12 posted on 03/06/2014 3:55:47 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Altura Ct.

Wait...you mean its not because I am white and overweight but I’ve been a victim of racism so cleverly disguised that I didn’t even know it?

Wow...do I feel better!


13 posted on 03/06/2014 4:00:36 AM PST by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Black women in general have failed themselves, their men, their children and their their society. There, said it.


14 posted on 03/06/2014 4:20:35 AM PST by polymuser
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To: Altura Ct.

I don’t knew about weight gain, but...

My Mr Coffee went on the Fritz this morning. I’m pretty sure it’s because I’ve started using Half & Half again.


15 posted on 03/06/2014 4:22:04 AM PST by moovova
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To: Altura Ct.

Hmm, how about in Africa?

http://www.mrc.ac.za/chronic/cdlchapter7.pdf


16 posted on 03/06/2014 4:31:47 AM PST by polymuser
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To: Altura Ct.

Anti-white propaganda and technically illegal in Britain. They aim this at white’s treatment of black women, but they never mention what other non-whites treatment of black women is like. But then again the white guilt industry has people so cowed they would never ask the above question.


17 posted on 03/06/2014 4:32:09 AM PST by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Bull4h!t. The same people who are too stupid and lazy to move away from the TV during “who’s your daddy” programs, are the same ones who stuff their faces and blame their failures on Whitey.


18 posted on 03/06/2014 4:34:01 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: Altura Ct.

That’s strange. I thought they were going to say that victims of Global Warming or Climate Change were at greater risk of prejudice.


19 posted on 03/06/2014 4:42:12 AM PST by WhiskeyX ( provides a system for registering complaints about unfair broadcasters and the ability to request a)
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To: polymuser

I guess racism is why they are aborting themselves at a higher rate per population than any other group.


20 posted on 03/06/2014 4:49:17 AM PST by MagnoliaB
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