80 percent of black women over the age of 20 are overweight or obese

[Stormfront_]

I wonder if that is why 72.5% of blacks are born out of wedlock. That is actually down from 72.8% the year before.

While all obese women are less satisfied with the weight-related quality of their lives than women of ‘normal’ weight, black women report a higher quality of life than white women of the same weight. In addition, black women appear to be more concerned about the physical limitations resulting from their obesity, than by the potential psychological consequences of being overweight or obese. These findings by Dr. Tiffany L. Cox, and her team from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute in Fargo, ND, and Obesity and Quality of Life Consulting in Durham, NC, are published online in Springer’s journal Applied Research in Quality of Life.

It is well accepted that obesity does not only increase the risk of subsequentdisease, disability and premature death, it also impacts the quality of life of obese individuals. In the United States, approximately 80 percent of black women over the age of 20 are overweight or obese (BMI* equal to or greater than 25).

Cox and colleagues examined the link between BMI and weight-related quality of life in a high-risk sample of obese women (172 black and 171 white) using data collected between 2000 and 2010. An obesity-specific quality of life questionnaire was used to examine five areas: physical function, self-esteem, sexual life, public distress and work.

The researchers found that for all women, as BMI rose, quality of life fell. However, there were notable differences in weight-related quality of life between black and white women. At similar BMIs, black women consistently scored higher on quality of life measures than white women, with self-esteem being particularly higher among black women.

 

[CandiCame]

That doesn't shock me in the least- especially coming out of Alabammy. I've read a little on this subject, and it's completely not shocking that among Americans of any race, that 80% would be overweight or obese.

 

[boredVAwife]

Someone must have recently been rejected by a black woman.

 

[Dream59]

That doesn't shock me in the least- especially coming out of Alabammy. I've read a little on this subject, and it's completely not shocking that among Americans of any race, that 80% would be overweight or obese.

And this means what?

 

[IGGY_Mcgee]

That doesn't shock me in the least- especially coming out of Alabammy. I've read a little on this subject, and it's completely not shocking that among Americans of any race, that 80% would be overweight or obese.

The threadstarter is a roryN alt. So why fuel his racism?

 

[~hellbaby~]

Over 60 percent of U.S. adult women are overweight, according to 2007 estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Just over one-third of overweight adult women are obese​

http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/overweight-weight-loss.cfm#a

Minorities tend to have lower incomes and that has a lot to do with higher rates, they cannot afford healthier foods; fruits and veggies are more expensive than bread and high fat foods.

 

[Stormfront_]

Over 60 percent of U.S. adult women are overweight, according to 2007 estimates from the National Center for Health Statistics of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Just over one-third of overweight adult women are obese​

http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/overweight-weight-loss.cfm#a

Minorities tend to have lower incomes and that has a lot to do with higher rates, they cannot afford healthier foods; fruits and veggies are more expensive than bread and high fat foods.

Sheboons enjoy Mcdonalds because they are so lazy they do not want to cook.

 

[CandiCame]

And this means what?

That Americans are fat. Race really isn't a key component- living in Alabama is. I have a general dislike of Alabama that I've made pretty clear in other posts- but my general feeling after having been through that entire state, is that I'm not going to return.

But yeah, we- as Americans, have a culture that makes it easy to fall into obesity. I don't think that there are any kind of correlations with race or marital status, but I could be wrong. It's a cultural thing- a lifestyle thing; it can be changed only by changing actions and habits- the culture.

 

[ChinaBandit]

At least 80% of Asian women are not. Hell, make that 90%.