Obesity is significantly more prevalent among non-Hispanic African-American (henceforth “black”) women than among non …, despite substantial increases in the rates of obesity among both groups. Over the same time period, however, we observe little … to no significant differences in the prevalence of obesity between black men and white men. Using data from the National …

In order to explain the substantial recent increases in obesity rates in the United States, we consider the effect of … in average weight and obesity rates with considerable accuracy and captures a considerable portion of the relative growth … helps to explain recent observations that obesity rates have continued to rise since the mid 1990s, despite an apparent …

obesity rates in the later survey cohort, (2) higher childhood obesity rates in the later survey cohort, and (3) public …

This note’s aim is to investigate the sensitivity of Christakis and Fowler’s claim (NEJM July 26, 2007) that obesity …

physical activity levels - that contribute to demographic variation in body mass index (BMI) and obesity risk. While … disparities in mean BMI and obesity rates between whites (non-Hispanic) and African-Americans (non-Hispanic) are well …-specificity of the black-white obesity gap has received relatively little attention. In the National Health and Nutrition Examination …