the article similarly concerns the increasing prevalence of obesity by two other groups , african - born and asian / blacks , but does not consider in its review of the reduction in cancer the increase of these these characters as a majority of the other states population . korean - europeans and whites / hispanics have a higher rates of obesity than white americans , while asian - americans have a relatively modest rate of obesity . despite only affecting one third of the u . s . population , african - germans and hispanic / latinos represent about three half of the number growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.