African American women have a harder time losing weight

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African American women have a harder time losing weight

By Shereen Jegtvig NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African American women who follow the same diet as white women and exercise just as much tend to lose less weight because they burn fewer calories, a new study suggests. "Many large and well done studies have demonstrated that African American women tend to lose fewer pounds than their Caucasian counterparts," Dr. Ann Smith Barnes told Reuters Health by email. Smith Barnes studies obesity at Baylor College of Medicine and is the medical director of Weight Management Services and Disease Prevention for the Harris Health System of Houston. Scientists haven't been sure what explains those differences in weight loss.

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