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Blacks are most obese U.S. group, study finds

World Jul. 17, 2009 - 04:17AM JST ( 7 )

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SuperLibJul. 17, 2009 - 08:43AM JST

Yeah, this is world news....
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skipthesongJul. 17, 2009 - 09:18AM JST

why, why must JT use such a general term as "Hispanic" again and again? take a real good look at the cuisine from the Caribbean vice that of the Mexico and then take a good look at the cuisine from North Mexico and South Mexico. Very few Puerto Ricans and Cubans are fat.
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SargeJul. 17, 2009 - 10:34PM JST

skip - "Very few Puerto Ricans and Cubans are fat"

Skip, We're talking about obese American Hispanics.

"obese"

More cushion for the pushin'?
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fuguyoutooJul. 17, 2009 - 11:16PM JST

Income has nothing to do with it ! If your poor you take advantage of the government freebies so readily available in the USA. If your poor you are probably skin and bones from a lack of food... of course unless you are really really taking advantage of those government freebies. See a trend here yet ? I put more substance into the fact that being overweight is simply accepted in the USA. Many parts of the world, like Japan, have serious hang-ups and biases against overweight individuals... not America.
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JoeBigsJul. 17, 2009 - 11:52PM JST

Hispanics in general (Boricuas and Cubanichies) diet is very, very different than the Central and South American diet. Our diet consists of beans pork chicken and a fish. We mainly cook with Olive oil and we do hardly ever cook with animal fats (lard).

The average meal that I grew up with;

Rice, Black bean soup, a meat (pork 50%, chicken 30%, Fish 10% and beef 10%), (aguacate, tomate y cebolla ensalada) avocado, tomato and onion salad with olive oil, salt, vinegar and garlic dressing, with a piece of Cuban bread.

Many of us are normally tall while the central and South Americans are a on avg not very tall.

Will use Mexicans males as an example, on average they are smaller than most Cuban and Puerto Rican males. Not trying to insult anyone, just suing average heights.

Mexico – Morelos 167 cm (5' 5.7")
Mexico 163.0 cm (5' 4.2")
Mexican-Americans 170.6 cm (5' 7.2")

Cuban 177.8 cm (5'10")

Puerto Ricans 174cm (5'9")

Now take me, I am 183cm and weigh 105kg, when I was 13 years old I was 170cm and weighed 80kg. Most of my family members are about the same height as me or taller. My family is a typical Cuban family.

BTW my diet is about the same here in Japan as it was in Miami. But now I am forced to eat more fish...Hope my wife does not see this post sh may get the idea that I am not a fish fanatic like her.

Most of the Mexicans that I knew and still know are shorter and heavier than me. So skipthesong is correct with his statement;

take a real good look at the cuisine from the Caribbean vice that of the Mexico and then take a good look at the cuisine from North Mexico and South Mexico. Very few Puerto Ricans and Cubans are fat.