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1 in every 3 young children are overweight or obese.
Hispanic youths are more likely to be obese and are more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease as they get older. Hispanic kids of low... 
The Hispanic Mortality Paradox: Why Do Latinos Outlive Other Americans... data for the Hispanic population, and backed up the surprising findings of past studies: the average...
More Alzheimer’s Risk for Hispanics, Studies Find
By PAM BELLUCK
PHILADELPHIA, 25 oct 2008... among people in their 70s or 80s — the three are Hispanic, a group that Alzheimer’s doctors are increasingly... 
Arthritis causes more pain and limitations for African-Americans and Hispanics...-Americans were 17 percent less likely to report having arthritis than whites, and Hispanics were 46 percent less...
differences in breast cancer risk factors between Hispanic women and non-Hispanic white women... between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Some of these differences included
Taller height and positive...
% were obese
Hispanic children 22% were obese
American Indian children 31% were obese
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We keep hearing about the increasing prevalence of obesity among adults, now the epidemic...
over time, recent data indicate disparities among racial/ethnic groups.
• Non-Hispanic black girls and Mexican American girls are more likely to have high BMI for age than non-Hispanic white girls...
/Ethnicity is also a factor: 25.9% of non-Hispanic White adults are obese in North Carolinawhile 40% of Non-Hispanic blacks are considered obese. Hispanic adults have a prevalence of 25.3%according to this most recent data.
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of obesity rate among teenagers and young children. Their concerns are inevitable because obesity... of his or her height (in meter). The higher the BMI, the greater is the risk for obesity and health problems... 
Note from Connie: 60% to 80% of white, African-American, and Hispanic American participants in a major study were found to be overweight and 30% to 50% of subjects in those ethnic groups were obese... 
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