Tag: Christina Wee-Kuo

  • Health

    Study suggests obesity has lesser financial impact on African-Americans

    The study published in the January 2005 issue of the American Journal of Public Health is among the first to examine how patient demographic factors affect the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and health-care costs. “From the perspective of the health-care system, obesity may be less costly among African-Americans than among whites,” says Christina…

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