Michigan Research: Fear of Violence Leads to Weight Problems for Some Young Women [ASPPH.org]
Young African-American women who live in fear of the violence in their neighborhoods are more likely to become obese when they reach their 20s and 30s, new research from the University of Michigan shows. The community-based study in Flint, Mich., reveals that African-American girls who express fear about their violent surroundings at age 15 experienced a larger increase in body mass index from ages 21 to 32, the U-M School of Public Health researchers found. Among the 681 young men and women...