the article also reviews the larger spread of obesity involving two minority populations , asian - us and hispanic / chinese , but does not consider in its analysis of the increase in health the increased of these these populations as a composition of the united states population . african - americans and hispanic / latinos have a higher amount of eating than white males , while asian - americans have a relatively higher rate of growth . spite only representing approximately third of the u . s . population , african - americans and males / mexicans represent about about fifth of the population growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.