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Why Are African American Women More Obese?

Writer's picture: Emeka MolokwuEmeka Molokwu





The United States is home to stark and persistent racial disparities in health coverage, chronic health conditions, mental health, and mortality. These disparities are not a result of individual or group behavior but decades of systematic inequality in American economic, housing, and health care systems. This article sheds light on some of the most persistent inequities facing African Americans or Black Americans, Hispanic Americans or Latinx Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Americans, and American Indians or Alaska Natives. Alleviating health disparities will require a deliberate and sustained effort to address social determinants of health, such as poverty, segregation, environmental degradation, and racial discrimination.


Did you know? Eighty percent of African American women are overweight or obese compared to 64.8 percent of non-Hispanic white women.


Read More at americanprogress.org

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