There is no 'African American Physiology': the fallacy of racial essentialism

J Tsai¹, J P Cerdeña^{2

3}, R Khazanchi^{4

5}, E Lindo⁶, J R Marcelin⁴, A Rajagopalan^{7

8}, R S Sandoval^{9

10}, A Westby¹¹, C C Gravlee¹²

Affiliations

¹ From the, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
² Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁴ University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁵ University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹² Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

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J Tsai et al. J Intern Med. 2020 Sep.

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. 2020 Sep;288(3):368-370.

doi: 10.1111/joim.13153.

J Tsai¹, J P Cerdeña^{2

3}, R Khazanchi^{4

5}, E Lindo⁶, J R Marcelin⁴, A Rajagopalan^{7

8}, R S Sandoval^{9

10}, A Westby¹¹, C C Gravlee¹²

¹ From the, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
² Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁴ University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁵ University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹² Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

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Comment in

Response to Tsai and colleagues.
Gower BA, Adele Fowler L, Fernandez JR. Gower BA, et al. J Intern Med. 2020 Sep;288(3):371-372. doi: 10.1111/joim.13152. Epub 2020 Aug 3. J Intern Med. 2020. PMID: 32744390 No abstract available.

Obesity in African-Americans: The role of physiology.
Gower BA, Fowler LA. Gower BA, et al. J Intern Med. 2020 Sep;288(3):295-304. doi: 10.1111/joim.13090. Epub 2020 Jul 9. J Intern Med. 2020. PMID: 32350924 Review.