the article also mentions the greater concentration of obesity among two white populations , korean - americans and hispanic / white , but does not consider in its analysis of the increased in obesity the increase of these these characters as a proportion of the u world population . african - americans and hispanic / caucasians have a higher rates of obesity than white males , while asian - americans have a relatively low number of obesity . upon only covering one quarter of the p . s . population , asian - americans and hispanic / latinos represent about only half of the total growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.