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Racial disparities play a role in weight gain among postmenopausal women

Racial disparities play a role in weight gain among postmenopausal women After menopause, non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to experience weight gain than non-Hispanic white women, researchers at the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging have found. The results of their study were published March 1 in the medical journal PLOS ONE. Working in collaboration with colleagues at other leading research institutions, the Rush investigators set out to determine how weight status (a person s weight classification using standard measurements) contributes to differences in postmenopausal weight gain among non-Hispanic Black women and non-Hispanic white women. The study included data about 70,750 white and Black postmenopausal women, which was obtained from the Women s Health Initiative Observational Study, a long-term national health study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Body mass index at baseline was used to classify women as being a normal weight, overweight,

Seniors can stay healthy—or get better—by doing this

Resize icon The song says that this is “the most wonderful time of the year.” But for millions of Americans, tens of millions, it is hardly that. Even in good times, the holidays can be terrible for those who are sick, needy or alone.  It has been a particularly difficult year for seniors. Not only have they borne the brunt of the terrible coronavirus, but lockdowns have reinforced the loneliness and disconnect that many older Americans feel. Nearly one-third of Americans over the age of 65 live alone, says the U.S. Census Bureau, and studies show that such isolation is correlated with a variety of health problems—both physical and mental. Zoom is no substitute for hugging a grandchild.

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