title: Relationship between smoking and obesity among women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A strong relationship exists between smoking and weight status, with patterns nearly identical for African Americans and white women.
authors: Prevention Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA. kpatel@mmc.edu
authors: Kushal
authors: K
authors: Patel
authors: Margaret K
authors: MK
authors: Hargreaves
authors: Jianguo
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Schlundt
authors: Maureen
authors: M
authors: Sanderson
authors: Charles E
authors: CE
authors: Matthews
authors: Charlene M
authors: CM
authors: Dewey
authors: Donna
authors: D
authors: Kenerson
authors: Maciej S
authors: MS
authors: Buchowski
authors: William J
authors: WJ
authors: Blot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health