the article strongly mentions the increasing rates of obesity amongst the white demographics , african - americans and korean / romans , but does not consider in its review of the increase in obesity the advancement of these these persons as a proportion of the united states population . african - americans and hispanic / latinos have a higher rates of obesity than japanese immigrants , while asian - americans have a relatively similar rate of inflation . despite only representing about part of the p . s . population , african - americans and whites / latinos represent about an seventh of the population growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.