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Recent University Study Finds Obese Black Children Have Higher Risk of Developing High Blood Pressure
By: Victor Trammell
The health care struggles of African-American children was the subject of a recent study by the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Tamara Hannon(a practicing endocrinologist) and her colleagues conducted research for a recent study by the school. They analyzed what factors race played in the issue of childhood obesity.
More than 800 children were analyzed and the findings showed that African-American children had a higher overall body mass index (BMI). The study also found that black children had a higher systolic blood pressure percentile than whites. The researchers further controlled when it came to age and BMI.
The study comprised of 821 obese children under the age of 18 (306 boys and 515 girls). The group contained 362 blacks and 459 whites. The mean age was 11 and the mean BMI was 36 kg/m2.
2 Responses to Recent University Study Finds Obese Black Children Have Higher Risk of Developing High Blood Pressure
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Mz
September 28, 2012 at 1:07 am
Really? I would guess so. Have you Ever been in line @ the grocery store behind some of these people collecting food stamps?! Nothing but junk! Cases of pop, frozen pizza, bags of potato chips-no fruits, no fresh veggies. I understand that everyone doesn’t have the mentality to understand the importance of quality food and preparation but it’s outrageous to spend 3,4,500.00 on junk! When I travel in the mornings there is a woman with a daughter about 7a on the train eating bag after bag of chips ( for some reason they like buying small bags instead of one big one) she fat( always in tight Jeans thinking she killing em) and her daughter is too. The girl has to be in the fourth grade. Its ridiculous!