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Associations of Abdominal Fat With Perceived Racism and Passive Emotional Responses to Racism in African American Women

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Objectives. An excess in abdominal fat may predispose African American women to chronic health conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Because stress may increase body fat in the center-body region, we used the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) to examine associations between excess abdominal fat and perceived racism (a chronic stressor) and daily stress. Passive emotional responses to perceived racism, hypothesized to have particularly adverse effects, were also examined.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/8mt3-ce92

Authors: Light, Kathleen C., McNeilly, Maya, Stevens, June, Baird, Donna Day, Vines, Anissa I., Hertz-Picciotto, Irva

Language: English

Topic: Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health

OpenAlex ID: W4298737631

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