> Obesity and African Americans

> African American women have the highest rates of being overweight or
> obese compared to other groups in the U.S. About four out of five
> African American women are overweight or obese.1

> In 2007, African Americans were 1.4 times as likely to be obese as
> Non- Hispanic Whites.

> From 2003-2006, African American women were 70% more likely to be
> obese than Non-Hispanic White women.

> In 2003-2004, African American children between ages 6 -17 were 1.3
> times as likely to be overweight than Non-Hispanic Whites.

> source:

> www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=6456