the author also mentions the greater prevalence of obesity by a major populations , african - americans and white / latino , but does not regard in its analysis of the increase in obesity the increase of these these populations as a fraction of the u s people . african - immigrants and hispanic / latinos have a larger rates of obesity than mexican blacks , while asian - americans have a relatively low rate of mortality . though only representing one third of the u . s . population , african - americans and hispanic / voters represent about that fifth of the populations density .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.