the article also mentions the greater prevalence of cancers to two minority countries , african - americans and hispanic / latino , but does not consider in its analysis of the increase in obesity the increase of these these demographics as a whole of the solid states population . african - americans and hispanic / hispanic have a higher rates of obesity than white canadians , while asian - americans have a relatively low frequency of metabolism . despite only representing one third of the w . s . people , african - americans and hispanic / anglos represent about over half of the population growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.