UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - In a new study of women in post-menopause, white women with higher genetic risk of obesity regained weight about two times faster than white women whose genetic risk was lower. Black women in the study regained weight at a similar rate, regardless of their genetic risk.
Harold Lee, assistant professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State, led the team of researchers who examined how genetics affected weight loss and regain over time. Women in the study were between 50 and 79 years old and had lost an average of four pounds following a low-fat diet.
The study was published in the journal Obesity.
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