More information for BogataVet, if he's still reading...as to why Russian women instead of Latinas.... (OK, I'm just kidding about that part... )
Some of you may have seen this, as it was on the MSN site:
http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/2731.1775
Now, this is strictly an American study, but the interesting thing to me was that the different ethnic groups had higher obesity rates:
"For nearly two decades, McTigue and colleagues followed more than 9,000 men and women who were born between 1957 and 1964.
They found 27% of the people were obese by 1999, and 61% weighed more than is considered healthy. That's more than double the number of people who were obese in 1960-1962.
The study also found ... Black and Hispanic women became overweight faster than white women, reaching overweight status in their mid to late 20s compared with mid-30s among white women.
"We could predict who would be obese at 35 to 37, based on sex, race/ethnicity, and body mass index at [age] 20 to 22," says McTigue. "This was especially striking in women. A 21-year-old woman with just a few extra pounds was quite likely to be obese by the time she was in her mid-30s."
No mention if they bothered checking how thick the wrists were, though... :-)
