Physical activity and obesity gap between black and white women in the southeastern U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Differences between black and white women in the associations of sedentary and active behaviors and obesity are mostly unknown.

Purpose

To examine associations of sedentary and active behaviors with BMI, a marker of overall obesity, in a large group of black and white women and to determine whether there are differences by race in these associations.

Methods

Associations between time spent in sedentary and active behaviors and BMI were examined using cross-sectional data collected from 2002 to 2006 at enrollment into the Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS) from 22,948 black and 7830 white women living in the southeastern U.S. These associations were examined using linear and polytomous logistic regression models controlling for age, race, income, educati

SUBMITTER: Buchowski MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2918875 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature