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I was just pondering this question.  It is pretty obvious and clear that the minority population in the USA is the most obese and most prone to disease (diabetes, overweight problems, etc).  I will not make this that much of an op for now but if you really want I can bring up countless study after study that easily shows these problems are more prevalent in the minority population.  I was wondering why this was?  Is it diet related?  Did they become too Americanized?   Sure there are plenty diseased overweight white people but there are even more in the minority population.  I see a health care crisis (already happened) striking the USA especially with high concentration of obese and diabetic Hispanics.  I am not racist; I am merely stating facts.  So tell me why is this the case...



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I believe more than half the Hispanic population in the USA will have diabetes by 2014.




Poverty ---> Depression ---> Unhealthy lifestyle


Something like that would be my guess, more or less.


i want to the stats you have. from my personal experience i notice far more fat white people than black hispanic, or asian.



thranx said:
i want to the stats you have. from my personal experience i notice far more fat white people than black hispanic, or asian.


lol more fat Asians than whites?  I don't believe it unless they were completely Americanized.  Asians are far smaller and more in shape than any other population.  Want to know why?  They eat better than most races.



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Cause the majority keep creating shit in labs & using minorities as test subjects . (Jk) Due to lack of  social activities, lack of medical awareness or plain & simple Dna. 



Going off of what someone else said:

Poverty = Cheap food
Poverty = Minimum Medical treatment
Poverty = Cheap food + Minimum Medical Treatment
Cheap food + Minimum Medical Treatment = Obesity + Disease
Poverty = Obesity + Disease



IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

Poverty ---> Depression ---> Unhealthy lifestyle

Or the same lack of initiative that leads to poverty also leads to obesity.



badgenome said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

Poverty ---> Depression ---> Unhealthy lifestyle

Or the same lack of initiative that leads to poverty also leads to obesity.


But the lack of initiative is usually a result from poverty and depression.



IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
badgenome said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

Poverty ---> Depression ---> Unhealthy lifestyle

Or the same lack of initiative that leads to poverty also leads to obesity.


But the lack of initiative is usually a result from poverty and depression.

But poverty and depression are usually the result of a lack of initiative.