the article also mentions the greater prevalence of fat across these minority individuals , afro - americans and indian / latino , but does not consider in its analysis of the increase in obesity the addition of these these populations as a proportion of the combined states population . african - nationals and hispanic / asians have a higher rates of obesity than asian americans , while asian - americans have a relatively less rate of obesity . despite only representing an third of the u . s . population , african - americans and whites / mexicans dominate about one half of the number increases .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.