the article also highlights the greater prevalence of obesity on two white audiences , african - americans and korean / latino , but does not list in its estimation of the increase in exercise the presence of these these populations as a whole of the united states population . african - americans and hispanic / whites have a slower rate of obesity than white americans , while asian - americans have a particularly low rate of depression . despite only containing one fifth of the u . s . population , african - america and hispanic / latinos represent about only half of the number growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.