Trial reportJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2022
The Weight of Racial Discrimination: Examining the Association Between Racial Discrimination and Change in Adiposity Among Emerging Adult Women Enrolled in a Behavioral Weight Loss Program.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effectiveness of a behavioral weight management intervention by race, ethnicity, income, and education: a meta-analysis.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring correlates of 6-month weight loss among black United States veterans entering veterans health administration behavioral weight management care.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Association Between Maladaptive Eating Behaviors Among Black Women and Vicarious Racial Discrimination Following a High-Profile Event.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Major experiences of perceived discrimination across life and biological aging.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Changes in anthropometry, adiposity, and inflammation in Black and White women engaged in intentional weight loss.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
- Personal- vs. Group-Level Discrimination and Physical and Mental Health Outcomes Among Black Adolescents.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- The Influence of Contested Racial Identity and Perceived Everyday Discrimination Exposure on Body Mass Index in US Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Examining paradoxical session attendance and weight loss relationships in a clinic based lifestyle modification intervention.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- Sleep and Fatigue as Mediators of Racial Discrimination and Internalizing Symptoms in Black Adolescent-Caregiver Dyads.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- Neighborhood Factors, Individual Stressors, and Cardiovascular Health Among Black and White Adults in the US: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- A Call to Reconceptualize Obesity Treatment in Service of Health Equity: Review of Evidence and Future Directions.Current obesity reports · 2023Review
- Eating to cope: Advancing our understanding of the effects of exposure to racial discrimination on maladaptive eating behaviors.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundNon-Hispanic Black (NHB) emerging adult (EA) women are at disproportionate risk for obesity but experience limited benefit from behavioral weight loss (BWL) programs. Race-related stress could play a role; the goal of this study was to examine the association between racial discrimination (RD) and early (3 months) changes in adiposity, and to explore potential protective factors, among EA in an adapted BWL program.
methodsThis is an ancillary study of non-Hispanic White (NHW) and NHB EA women enrolled in an adapted BWL trial (N = 49; 55.1% NHB; Age 21.2 (2.1); BMI = 33.0 + 4.3 kg/m
resultsNHW women manifested greater reductions in waist circumference relative to NHB women (p = .004). RD-personal did not predict change in waist circumference at 3 months (p = .402); however, the association between RD-group and change in waist circumference was statistically significant (p = .015), such that reporting greater group-level discrimination predicted a smaller decrease in waist circumference; the model explained 22% of the variance. Social support and vigilant coping were not statistically significant in the model. Among NHB women only, higher racial identity-centrality predicted greater reduction in waist circumference (p = .019).
conclusionFindings suggest racial discrimination could contribute to greater cardiometabolic risk during this developmental period. Future research should examine how experiences of racial discrimination unfold in the daily lives of NHB women to inform mechanistic interventions to enhance health and well-being.
trial registrationNCT02736981. Low Intensity Weight Loss for Young Adults.
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