the article also mentions the greater prevalence of obesity among a minority populations , mexican - koreans and hispanic / creole , but does not consider in its analysis of the reduction in health the decrease of these these populations as a percentage of the united states population . white - americans and hispanic / latinos have a higher rates of obesity than white americans , while mexican - americans have a relatively low rate of diet . despite only representing one third of the u . s . population , african - people and hispanic / anglos represent about one half of the population growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.