the article also mentions the higher prevalence of obesity in two minority populations , colored - australians and hispanic / latino , but does not consider in its analysis of the reduction in obesity the advancement of these these populations as a proportion of the united states population . native - immigrants and hispanic / voters have a higher rates of obesity than white america , while asian - immigrants have a relatively small concentration of obesity . while only represents about part of the u . s . census , african - americans and hispanic / minorities represent about two third of the populations growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.