Background Obesity rates are recognized to be at epidemic levels throughout much of the
world, posing significant threats to both the health and financial security of many nations …

Design This commentary explicates how manhood intersects with other determinants of
health to shape minority men's stress responses, health behaviors and health outcomes …

Obesity currently affects 78.6 million people (33%) in the United States and is expected to
increase to over 50% of the population by 2030. This epidemic is fueled by the growing rate …

Purpose Racial differences in socioeconomic status (SES) explain some, but not all, of racial
disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. To address this, race disparities among …

Obesity rates in the US are associated with area-level, food-related characteristics. Studies
have previously examined the role of structural racism (policies/practices that advantaged …

The weathering hypothesis, an explanation for race disparities in the USA, asserts that the
health of African Americans begin to deteriorate prematurely compared to whites as a …

Racist and discriminatory federal, state, and local housing policies significantly contribute to
disparities in cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality for individuals that self-identify …

Racial and ethnic disparities in health have been well-documented, and low SES is widely
considered to be a driver of this relationship. However, the race-social class-health …

The objective of this study was to examine the association between discrimination and
obesity among a US nationally representative sample of African-American men. Data from …

Using the 2013–2016 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES), this study uses the case of obesity to examine whether and to what extent racial …