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The obesity rate for the Hispanic or Latino adults 18 years and older category (over 30 BMI) in the US in 2015 was 31.8%. [64] For the overall Hispanic or Latino men category, the rate of obesity was 31.6% in 2015. [65] For the overall Hispanic or Latina women category, the rate of obesity was 31.9% in 2015. [65]
In another study done by Richardson and her colleagues, "a sample of low-income women with children, we found that perceived stress was directly and positively associated with severe obesity, independent of eating behaviors and diet quality. In addition, perceived stress was directly and positively associated with unhealthy eating behaviors." [12]
In 2021, the World Health Organization estimated that obesity caused at least 2.8 million deaths annually. [47] On average, obesity reduces life expectancy by six to seven years, [2] [48] a BMI of 30–35 kg/m 2 reduces life expectancy by two to four years, [37] while severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m 2) reduces life expectancy by ten years. [37]
A 2023 study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association found that cumulative poverty of 10+ years is the fourth leading risk factor for mortality in the United States, associated with almost 300,000 deaths per year. A single year of poverty was associated with 183,000 deaths in 2019, making it the seventh leading risk factor ...
Poverty is the chief cause of the endemic amounts of disease and hunger and malnutrition among this population. [30] A disproportionate number of cases of the AIDS epidemic in North America are from American minorities, with 72% of women's AIDS cases among Hispanic or African-American women. [18]
Women are giving birth to their first child at older ages. Women are having fewer children. Most adults live in households headed by married couples; single-mother households are more common than single-father households. Women are more likely than men to be in poverty. More women than men have lived below the poverty line consistently since 1966.
Trichomoniasis is the most common sexually transmitted infection affecting more than 200 million people worldwide. It is especially prevalent among young, poor and African American women. This infection is also common in poor communities in Sub-Saharan Africa and impoverished parts of Asia.
Obesity has been observed throughout human history. Many early depictions of the human form in art and sculpture appear obese. [2] However, it was not until the 20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic [3] and estimated that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled ...