the article also mentions the greater prevalence of obesity among three minority groups , african - americans and hispanic / japanese , but does not consider in its analysis of the increase in obesity the gain of these these individuals as a proportion of the united states diet . african - americans and hispanic / minorities have a higher rates of diabetes than mexican adults , while asian - americans have a reasonably low rate of diabetes . despite only representing the percent of the i . s . population , african - australians and blacks / latinos represent about one half of the population density .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.