the article also mentions the greater prevalence of obesity among these major communities , afro - canadians and hispanic / latino , but does not neglect in its analyzing of the increase in obesity the increase of these these populations as a proportion of the united us population . african - americans and japanese / hispanic have a high rates of metabolism than white americans , while asian - americans have a reasonably equal probability of obesity . albeit only representation one half of the u . s . community , african - americans and asian / latinos represent about half half of the global growth .
African-Americans are a minority in the U.S.