# Why are so many black females obese?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 13, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-black-females-obese/493002 "2009-04-13T22:51:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-black-females-obese/493002/81 "2009-04-17T18:20:18Z")

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> [@incidental](#):
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> I always thought models were stick thin because of the way the close hung or something. Like…the industry was seeking living hangers. Hense the similarity to wire frames.

Yes, that’s what I said in the post right above yours.

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**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-black-females-obese/493002/82 "2009-04-17T23:39:36Z")

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If you look at the UK, you see many cultural similarities: a greater appreciation and prevalence of the hips/big bum/noticeable waist look (which as many have pointed out is just not the same as being morbidly obese), a similar likelihood of being disproportionately poor, descended from slaves etc.

However, the high levels of obesity are found in small, white towns in the North quite frequently. Multicultural areas like the East End do not see the same degree of severe obesity.

So, I’m going to say it’s something to do with the African-American diet or the ghetto experience of the USA, maybe.

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