obesity Study confuses researchers.

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When It Comes to Weight Loss, Black Girls Don't Get as Much Out of Exercising

They went into this study and assumed that everyone is the same, and were surprised. Black girls and White girls are built different. Black women tend to have big butts and thighs. They are overall thicker than white girls.

The normal BMI for a black women is different the BMI for a white girl. A healthy Black Woman doesn't need to be as skinny as a Healthy White women.

When researchers looked at physical activity at age 12, the white girls who were most active were 85 percent less likely to end up obese at 14. This was true even when diet was controlled for. But when they looked at physical activity at age 12 in black girls, there was no link to obesity at age 14. Since diet, height, puberty onset, and demographic factors were all controlled for, it's not clear why exactly this was the case

One possibility the study's authors suggest is that it has to do with the way black women break down fat. Previous research has shown that they oxidize fat at a lower rate than white women do, and they also have lower resting metabolic rates. That may predispose them to hold onto fat more easily. So this latest study could provide some insight into how we could change that by modifying exercise recommendations. Though how exactly we do that is another question. Do these results mean that black teenage girls need to exercise more or that they shouldn't bother to exercise at all?
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