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Blacks Claim Top Spot

Posted by: healthyadvances on: July 16, 2009

Just an update: If you thought black Americans had given up the top spot in obesity rankings, you were wrong. Obesity rates have risen across the nation, but blacks have the highest rates of obesity, about 50 percent higher than other ethnic groups. Hispanics have the second highest obesity prevalence rate at 21 percent.