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The following links provide useful information about obesity in general as well as specific to the the Hispanic population. They also discuss means of combatting the rise of obesity including diet and exercise. The first is from the U.S. Surgeon General and the second is from Ohio State University.

1. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
2. Mexican American Eating Habits in America

This article corrects the infamatory statement in the headline from the San Francisco Chronicle: "High carb diet linked to breast cancer – Study finds Mexican women who ate lots of carbohydrates twice as likely to get disease." It further clarifies the health effects of carbohydrates and discusses the Hispanic diet and women's health.

High Carb Diet Linked to Breast Cancer – More Deceit

These two articles discuss childhood obesity among the Hispanic population. Both highlight environmental as well as genetic factors that lead to obesity among children. The first, from NewsTarget.com, pertains to a 2005 report from the National Academy of Sciences Institutes of Medicine's findings; the second, from the Baylor College of Medicine, reports on a USDA/ARS Study on Obesity in Hispanic Children.

1. Hispanic Children at Greater Risk of Obesity
2. USDA/ARS Study Traces Roots of Obesity in Hispanic Children

These two articles discuss diabetes among Hispanic Americans and the risk factors for the disease, including obesity. The first is from the Organic Consumers Association and the second from Postgraduate Medicine Online.

1. Diabetes and Hispanic Americans: More than Just Genetics
2. Diabetes in the Hispanic Population

This factsheet gives general facts about diabetes and discusses the prevalence of the disease and the factors contributing to its rise in the Hispanic population.

Diabetes in Hispanic Americans Factsheet

This article is about a new study being launched in Laredo, Texas to study obesity and Type 2 diabetes in school-children. The study will have an additional focus on Hispanic children who have a high risk for diabetes. According to the article, "the city is home to the highest obesity rate among Hispanic children in the U.S."

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This article describes the often detrimental effect of the modern diet and lifestyle on physical health.

Excerpt: The obesity epidemic arrived with astonishing speed. After tens of thousands of generations of human evolution, flab has become widespread only in the past 50 years, and waistlines have ballooned exponentially in the last two decades. In 1980, 46 percent of U.S. adults were overweight; by 2000, the figure was 64.5 percent: nearly a 1 percent annual increase in the ranks of the fat. At this rate, by 2040, 100 percent of American adults will be overweight.