Background
Currently as is stands with all the races in the United States, approximately one-third of the population is considered to be obese (Ogden, Carroll & Flegal, 2014). If someone wanted to further examine the amount of obese individuals by race, it would show that majority of the minority groups that are effected by obesity, are those of the Hispanic and African-American Community (Ogden, Carroll & Flegal, 2014). According to a study done in 2009, 38.7 percent of the African-American population, 29.2 percent of the Hispanic population and 26.1 percent of the white population were obese (Madan et al., 2012). This goes to show that while in some areas, individuals of a White race may seem more obese than other races, when taken into account nationally, there is a major problem with minority races and obesity.
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