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> On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:43:13 GMT, "cul8r" <joeBalls@mindspring.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Muh Dick" <itsbiggerthanyours@HUGE.com> wrote in message
>>news:ejamh.2738$T%3.683@trndny08...
>>> Is Mary Stewart overweight? Is she a big girl? I mean a real big woman?
>>> Should she visit weight-watchers? I am concerned because that's what I
>>> heard, and too much fat around the heart is not good. Hear that Phil? 
>>> What
>>> are *you* doing about it? Or are you taking care of your own 
>>> issues...not
>>> the physical ones, but the mental ones.
>>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>      Thursday, April 7, 2005
>>     Office of Minority Health
>>      (240) 453-6903
>>
>>
>>HHS Launches African American Anti-Obesity Initiative
>>HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today the award of $1.2 million to
>>improve efforts to reduce obesity among African Americans through a new
>>partnership with national African American organizations.
>>
>>"The obesity epidemic is one of the major health challenges facing our
>>nation, and African American communities are highly affected by this 
>>disease
>>and its health consequences," Secretary Leavitt said. "The initiative we 
>>are
>>announcing today will mobilize three of the nation's premier academic and
>>civic organizations to join us in a new partnership to mount critical
>>prevention efforts in the African American community."
>>
>>The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education 
>>(NAFEO),
>>Silver Spring, Md., will work with the National Urban League, New York,
>>N.Y., and the National Council of Negro Women, Washington, D.C. 
>>Initiatives
>>planned by these organizations include prevention, education, public
>>awareness, and outreach activities intended to bring about a greater
>>understanding of the impact of obesity on other conditions.
>>
>>An estimated 129.6 million Americans, or 64 percent, are overweight or
>>obese. Obesity and overweight have been shown to increase the risk of
>>developing serious and often disabling medical conditions. Adult African
>>American women had age-adjusted obesity rates of 48.8 percent, compared to
>>30.7 percent for adult white women, according to data from the Centers for
>>Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the period 1999-2002. African
>>American girls and boys also had higher rates of overweight than white
>>children in the same age groups.
>>
>>http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2005pres/20050407.html
>
> Same for the frigging hispanics.
>
> Max
>>

You read the report. Was the data also broken down by income level?