Obesity Rates Higher Among Minority Girls..

And yet, so are pregnancy rates, go figure!

"The messages were originally developed for middle-class Caucasian populations," noted Landis, who added that the same messages won't necessarily work for all populations. For example, she said, in some areas, it's difficult to regularly find affordable fresh produce, and in some areas, it's not safe for kids to exercise outside. And that's where a tailored message might help, she said. Instead of telling parents to send their kids outside to play, suggest dancing around the house for an hour, she said.

This is crap. Maybe sending various culture messages could be added, but the truth of the matter is our own governments (both federal and states) are largely responsible for these results. The facts are that larger numbers of minorities received some sort of government assistance for food and larger numbers of minorities are on the free/reduced lunch programs at government schools across the nation. And the government has been feeding all of those families and children absolute crap for YEARS. One study I just read was talking about the connection between all of the soy products the government gives out or uses (from baby formula to process food in lunches) and the early puberty we are seeing in children-which is also disproportionately high among minorities.