African Americans have more disease, disability, and early death than whites. The leading causes of death for African American women are heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and kidney disease. Several reasons for these differences, including racism, poverty, cultural differences, lack of knowledge about the importance of screening or testing to prevent health problems, inability to get to the doctor, or lack of trust in the medical system. Healthy eating habits are less evident among lower class neighborhoods because of the lack of availability and education about healthy foods. Although African Americans have a healthy acceptance of a wider range of body sizes, their tolerance may lead to more obesity and serious nutrition-related health problems. This study analyzed the risk of nutrition related deficits in African American women living in low income housing. The majority of respondents had been diagnosed with nutrition related medical conditions. Significant relationships were found between medical conditions and income. The behavioral changes within low-income families might be most difficult because of many barriers, but by further educating this population, they can learn to live with these disadvantages and create healthier diets for themselves and family.

Submitted by William Justo Figueiro (williamjf) on 2015-07-27T22:36:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 15d.pdf: 398064 bytes, checksum: 31250ac09aee9b67af4ca327611932b0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-27T22:36:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 15d.pdf: 398064 bytes, checksum: 31250ac09aee9b67af4ca327611932b0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Nenhuma / Este trabalho pretende evidenciar alguns dos benefícios relativos à prática sistemática de atividade física. Desde a melhora na saúde do indivíduo, a diminuição dos gastos das firmas e do Estado com doenças associadas à inatividade, a melhoria do Capital Humano e a eventual melhor colocação dos não sedentários no mercado de trabalho até o provável acréscimo percebido nos salários dos indivíduos fisicamente ativos, pretendendo ser um trabalho original no que diz respeito ao uso de dados nacionais e um possível argumento a favor de decisões públicas e privadas no que diz respeito à adoção de práticas de atividades físicas regulares. / This paper aims to highlight some of the benefits related to the systematic practice of physical activity. Since the improvement in the health of the individual, the decrease in expenditures of firms and the state with diseases associated with inactivity, improving Human Capital and the best possible placement of non-sedentary labor market to the likely increase in the salaries of individuals perceived physically assets, purporting to be an original work with regard to the use of national data, and a possible argument for public and private decisions regarding the adoption of practices of regular physical activity.This work pretends to evidency