the article also mentions the greater prevalence of obesity among both minority backgrounds , african - russians and african / blacks , but does not consider in its estimation of the increase in obesity the expansion of these these populations as a component of the united state population . african - immigrants and latino / latinos have a higher rates of obesity than white americans , while asia - americans have a extremely low rate of insulin . after only represent 1 third of the u . s . public , african - us and hispanic / minorities have about a fifth of the population growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.