Sentences with phrase «ethnic differences in weight»
Racial / ethnic differences in weight perceptions and weight control behaviors among adolescent females
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These differences in remission were not a result of greater weight loss during the follow - up period; racial and ethnic differences persisted even when researchers controlled for the rate of weight loss.
«Although we do not know the reasons for the racial and ethnic differences we saw, one explanation could be that the black and Hispanic patients had surgery when they are much heavier and sicker than the non-Hispanic white patients,» said study lead author, Karen J. Coleman, PhD, of the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research & Evaluation in Pasadena, Calif. «Our study highlights that surgery may be an important intervention tool for people earlier in their weight gain trajectory.
The researchers caution, however, that these group differences in BMI may not present an accurate picture of obesity, since people of different ethnic groups tend to carry their weight differently and have different ratios of fat to lean tissue.