Young Black Women Prone To Gain More Unhealthy Abdominal Fat Than Hispanics
Young Black Women Prone To Gain More Unhealthy Abdominal Fat Than Hispanics
Black women ages 20 to 29 are more prone to pack on unhealthy abdominal and visceral fat than Hispanic women the same age, and as compared to their elders, according to researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues. The new research shows that accumulation of abdominal fat that increases risk of type 2 diabetes is greatest in young adulthood for blacks and Hispanics, said endocrinologist Kristen G. Hairston, M.D., M.P.H.