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Smoking has minimal impact on weight in young
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Blacks gain more weight after they stop smoking according to the results of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study.
Following smoking cessation whites gained 9.2 pounds while blacks gained 14.5 pounds.
Male smokers weighed less than male non-smokers before adjusting for age, calorie intake, alcohol intake, and physical fitness.
Surprisingly this was not true in women. This suggests that smoking affects metabolism and/or appetite enough to affect weight in men, but not women.
However, after adjusting for these variables, male and female smokers weighed less than nonsmokers.
During a 7-year follow-up, both smokers and non-smokers gained weight. However, weight gain was greatest among those who quit smoking.
Smoking had a small effect of reducing weight gain in Blacks, but not in whites.
These results suggest that smoking has minimal impact on body weight, at least in younger smokers.
REFERENCE
Klesges RC, Ward KD, Ray JW, Cutter G, Jacobs DR, Wagenknecht LE. The Prospective Relationships Between Smoking and Weight in a Young, Biracial Cohort: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Dec 1998, Vol. 66, No. 6, 987—93.
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