Over the past two decades, public health researchers have been using the term 'weathering' to describe a process occurring in Black individuals in white American society, leading to health deterioration.
Arline Geronimus introduced 'weathering' in public health, linking the rapid health decline in Black individuals to racism-induced stress, contrasting outcomes of Black and white mothers in their 20s and 30s.
Researchers studying chronic stress introduced 'allostatic load,' quantifying the wear and tear on the body caused by stress, supporting Geronimus's theory of 'weathering' in Black populations.
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