What Burgers Might Have To Do With African American Women's Obesity Risk

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What Burgers Might Have To Do With African American Women's Obesity Risk

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/13/burgers-obesity-african-american-women_n_4434071.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gG1rUH_eMdWjOtalDoOtUw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Huffington%20Post/What_Burgers_Might_Have_To-60f49eaacbccc2febedb20af9e1f33a9" width="130" height="86" alt="What Burgers Might Have To Do With African American Women's Obesity Risk" align="left" title="What Burgers Might Have To Do With African American Women's Obesity Risk" border="0" /></a>African American women whose menu item of choice when eating out is a burger are more likely to become obese, according to a new study. Researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University found an association between eating burgers from restaurants twice a week or more and having a 26 percent higher risk of becoming obese over an approximately 15-year period, among African American women. The study is based on food frequency questionnaires and health data from 59,000 African American women who were part of the Black Women's Health Study, which started in 1995.</p><br clear="all"/>

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