[Tell It Right]

Here's the money quote: "In individuals who reported experiencing high levels of discrimination, the photos of unhealthy, high-calorie foods triggered a larger response in the reward processing region of the brain, called the frontal-striatal region. This part of the brain is also involved with motivation and executive control."

Let's break it down. If a person is weak-brained enough to see discrimination everywhere ("reported" discrimination) all the time cuz that explains everything (channeling my inner Colin Flaherty), that same person is liable to be unwise in other areas, including taking care of herself. All the more so if that person is liable to blame other people for her own bad choices (reporting discrimination) and telling herself over and over that there's nothing she can do to change her outcomes.

[metmom]

IOW, it’s classic blame shifting.