Relationship between smoking and obesity among women.

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between smoking and weight status in adult women and whether this association differed by race. METHODS The study sample consisted of 22,949 African American and 7831 white women enrolled in the Southern Community Cohort Study from 2002 to 2006. RESULTS Both African American and white current smokers had decreased odds of being overweight or obese compared to normal-weight nonsmokers, and the inverse trends between current smoking and BMI held for both groups. CONCLUSION A strong relationship exists between smoking and weight status, with patterns nearly identical for African Americans and white women.

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