the article also mentions the low prevalence of obesity by two majority demographics , african - americans and hispanic / latino , but does not consider in its analysis of the increased in obesity the increase of these these populations as a proportion of the solid s population . african - americans and hispanic / blacks have a higher rates of obesity than white america , while native - americans have a relatively low rate of obesity . despite only comprising one third of the u . s . populace , africa - americans and hispanic / hispanic represents about another half of the population growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.