Racial Discrimination, Body Mass Index, and Insulin Resistance: A Longitudinal Analysis
Objective: To examine prospective relations of perceived racial discrimination at ages 16-18 with body mass index (BMI) at ages 19-21 and insulin resistance (IR) at ages 25 and 27 among Black youth in the rural South, and to determine whether BMI connected discrimination to IR as a mediator. Method:...
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| Language: | English |
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American Psychological Association Inc.
2018
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