CARDIOVASCULA DISEASE MORTALITY AND
SEVERAL RISK FACTORS, INCLUDING OBESITY, ARE HIGHER IN BLACK WOMEN
THAN WHITE WOMEN. BLACK-WHITE DIFFERENCES IN OBESITY OCCUR IN YOUNG
GIRLS. THIS 5-YEAR STUDY OF 1,100 BLACK AND 1,100 WHITE GIRLS,
INITIALLY AGE 9-10, WILL HELP IDENTIFY DIETARY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY,
BIOCHEMICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN SUCH
DIFFERENCES.
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1320.8(b)(3).
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