This volume summarizes the findings and insights of obesity-related research from the full range of social sciences …

Virtually all social science research related to obesity uses body mass index (BMI), usually calculated using self … used, the gap in obesity between white and African American men increases substantially, with white men significantly more … likely to be obese. In addition, the gap in obesity between African American and white women is cut in half (with African …

is classified as obese. For example, when the more accurate measures of fatness are used, the gap in obesity between …, the gap in obesity between African American and white women is cut in half (with African American women still …Virtually all social science research related to obesity uses body mass index (BMI), usually calculated using self …