Scientists already know that the stress caused by racial discrimination is related to a host of chronic health conditions, but less is known about which types of discrimination are most harmful.
To answer that question, researchers at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology surveyed 100 adolescents aged 13-19, who had obesity or who were overweight, about their experiences with institutional, peer, educational and cumulative discrimination.
While it wasn’t the most frequently experienced type of discrimination, it did have the greatest impact. When you think about it, that makes a lot of sense because at that age peers are probably the most important relationships.” U of Michigan News · Rebecca Hasson on teens discriminating against teens When is cortisol unhealthy? Some stress is good, and our bodies need it, Hasson said. In healthy people, cortisol is highest in the morning, which helps us feel alert and awake. Cortisol falls gradually as the day wears on, and this slope is called the diurnal pattern. But stressors can disrupt that pattern and blunt that slope, so cortisol is lower in the morning but doesn’t fall as much throughout the day.
Discrimination harmed all children The study found that racial discrimination was harmful to both Black and white teens.
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