A misconception amongst many people is that they believe the easiest way to beat obesity is exercise. But it has actually been proven that race might play a factor in this as well. Black women face issues everyday such as struggling with their weight and also maintaining their hair.
Black women have been seriously affected by obesity in America, around two-thirds would be considered obese by medical professionals. “Black women also appear to be particularly susceptible to cultural, psychosocial, and environmental factors that can promote weight gain. Therapeutic interventions are being tailored to specifically address these social determinants of health and to foster lifestyle modification; however, more work is needed to understand barriers to behavior change for black women. Knowledge gaps also remain in identifying mechanisms by which pharmacologic and surgical treatments for obesity modify cardiovascular risk in black women” Physiological effects can be caused by many ways but one of the main ones for African Americans is their hair. They get persecuted in the business place for not having professional hair styles and if they do want to have to get these proper styles that these companies are making them get than they are burdened with the financial stress. African American women have a tough time forming to societies images of women and culture surrounding it and especially with all the access to these ideas.
By educating people and companies socially about these issues Black women go through on a daily basis.
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