Perceived Racism in Relation to Weight Change in the Black Women's Health Study

Obesity is more common in black women than in white women. Racial discrimination is a form of chronic stress that may influence weight.We assessed the association of perceived racism with weight change between 1997 and 2005 in 43,103 women from the Black Women's Health Study, a prospective follow-up of U.S. black women aged 21-69 years at entry in 1995. Eight questions about perceptions and experiences of racism were asked in 1997 from which two...