the editorial also mentions the greater prevalence of obesity among two minority populations , arab - koreans and minority / ponce , but does not discuss in its analysis of the decline in and the rise of these these individuals as a proportion of the united states population . african - americans and hispanic / caucasians have a better percentage of depression than white america , while asian - jews have a relatively decreased rate of obesity . despite only represent three third of the u . s . population , asian - americans and japanese / latinos spend about one ninth of the average rise .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.