Racial and ethnic disparities in the association between financial hardship and self-reported weight change during the first year of the pandemic in the U.S.

• Main Authors: Izabelle Mendez (Author), Paula D Strassle (Author), Erik J. Rodriquez (Author), Stephanie Ponce (Author), Randy Le (Author), Alexis Green (Author), Emma Martinez (Author), Eliseo J Pérez-Stable (Author), Anna M Nápoles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Studies have shown that financial hardship can impact weight change; however, it is unclear what the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has had on weight change in U.S. adults, or whether racial-ethnic groups were impacted differentially. We estimated the association between financial...