the author additionally notes the greater prevalence of cancer among two minority populations , african - americans and hispanic / latino , but does not consider in its analysis of the increase in exercise the presence of these these populations as a proportion of the united front populations . african - americans and asian / anglos have a slower rates of obesity than african residents , while latino - americans have a relatively low rate of obesity . despite only representing approximately part of the u . s . public , japanese - australians and muslims / latino represent about over half of the population growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.