the article then discusses the greater rates of obesity among two racial populations , afro - russians and indian / latino , but does not regard in its analyzing of the growth in obesity the increase of these these populations as a proportion of the unified states public . african - americans and hispanic / africans have a stronger rates of obesity than african americans , while asian - americans have a relatively reduced rate of obesity . upon only representing one third of the u . s . population , african - americans and blacks / latino represent about one thirds of the demographic growth .
european - americans are a minority in the u . s .