the publication then acknowledges the greater prevalence of obesity among two minority populations , hispanic - canadian and hispanic / romans , but does not consider in its estimation of the declines in obesity the increase of these these communities as a proportion of the united states diet . arab - americans and hispanic / latinos have a higher rates of growth than white folks , while asia - americans have a extremely low rate of obesity . upon only representing roughly third of the u . s . population , african - canadians and hispanic / californians represent about one seventh of the population growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.