Experiencing racism linked to risk of obesity in children

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Racial discrimination could be linked to children gaining more body fat, a study of more than 6,400 children in the US shows. The researchers found that children who reported experiencing racism were more likely to have a higher BMI and waist circumference a year later.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: New York University School of Global Public Health, USA; See paper for full list of author affiliations

Funder: The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and additional federal partners under award numbers U01DA041048, U01DA050989, U01DA051016, U01DA041022, U01DA051018, U01DA051037, U01DA050987, U01DA041174, U01DA041106, U01DA041117, U01DA041028, U01DA041134, U01DA050988, U01DA051039, U01DA041156, U01DA041025, U01DA041120, U01DA051038, U01DA041148, U01DA041093, U01DA041089, U24DA041123, U24DA041147. A full list of supporters is available at https://abcdstudy.org/federal-partners.html.

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