Spanish Presentation - Obesity Amongst Latinos in America

http://www.asu.edu/courses/css335/whyconcern.htm

An article written by Greg Critser, titled "Let them Eat Fat", examines how certain fast food joints strategically place restaurants in certain areas and certain communities. Those communities are generally in low income, low wage areas. Because of low prices and affordable menus, people with low income can enjoy their food. These are generally built in Hispanic and African American communities, and this is suspected to be a reason that African Americans and Hispanics rank one and two in highest rates of obesity and related diseases.


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439


http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MyHeartandStrokeNews/Hispanics-and-Heart-Disease-Stroke_UCM_444864_Article.jsp


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