ere ▁short ening . ▁ ▁Origin ▁While ▁working ▁part - time ▁at ▁a ▁school ▁for ▁pre gn ant ▁te en agers ▁in ▁Tr ent on , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁Ger on im us ▁first ▁noticed ▁that ▁the ▁te ens ▁who ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁school ▁t ended ▁to ▁have ▁far ▁more ▁health ▁problems ▁than ▁her ▁class m ates ▁at ▁Pr inc eton ▁University . ▁She ▁thus ▁began ▁to ▁wonder ▁whether ▁the ▁health ▁conditions ▁of ▁the ▁te ens ▁at ▁that ▁clin ic ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁caused ▁by ▁their ▁environment . ▁While ▁in ▁gradu ate ▁school , ▁she ▁proposed ▁the ▁" we ather ing ▁hypothesis ". ▁She ▁chose ▁the ▁term ▁weather ing ▁as ▁a ▁met ap hor ▁for ▁the ▁effects ▁she ▁perce ived ▁that ▁expos ure ▁to ▁stress ▁was ▁having ▁on ▁the ▁health ▁of ▁marg inal ized ▁people . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Race ▁and ▁health ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States # A fr ican - Amer icans ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : H yp oth eses ▁Category : Dis c rim ination ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Category : R ace ▁and ▁health ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Category : Str ess <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Great ▁Brit on ▁Awards ▁are ▁an ▁annual ▁event ▁to ▁indicate ▁who ▁has ▁made ▁the ▁greatest ▁contribution ▁to ▁British ▁life ▁during ▁the ▁year . ▁They ▁were ▁spons ored ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁by ▁The ▁Daily ▁Te legraph , ▁Morgan ▁Stanley ▁and ▁the ▁R SA . ▁N omin ations ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁short list ▁generated ▁by ▁asking ▁the ▁public ▁to ▁identify ▁the