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

Anissa I. Vines, Donna D. Baird, June Stevens, Irva Hertz‐Picciotto, Kathleen C. Light, Maya McNeilly

American Journal of Public Health · 2007 · 72 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

Findings support an association between daily stress and WHR but do not support our hypothesis that passive emotional responses to perceived racism increase abdominal fat. Further study of the stress physiology of perceived racism in African American women is warranted.

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