Multiracial Health Risks

2017-11-01T08:16:45+00:00November 1st, 2017|

Understudied Racial Minority Groups Show Alarmingly High Rates of Obesity and Diabetes UC Riverside study highlights major health problems affecting historically ignored racial group More than 78 million adult Americans are considered obese.Photo credit: Buclin. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Some of the smallest and historically neglected racial groups in the United States experience far more obesity, diabetes, and other health conditions than non-Hispanic white adults, a study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside has found. Using data for nearly 185,000 adults from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the [...]