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Blame HHS - https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid=70

their statistics

[quote]Obesity and Hispanic Americans
Among Mexican American women, 77 percent are overweight or obese, as compared to only 64 percent of the non-Hispanic White women.
In 2015, Hispanic Americans were 1.2 times as likely to be obese than non-Hispanic whites.
From 2011-2014 Hispanic children were 1.8 times more likely to be overweight as non- Hispanic white children.
From 2015, Hispanic women were 30% more likely to be overweight, as compared to non-Hispanic whites.[/quote]

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No, let's talk about math.

For example, [i]"Among Mexican American women, 77 percent are overweight or obese, as compared to only 64 percent of the non-Hispanic White women."[/i] What does this mean? It means that roughly two-thirds of non-Hispanic white women and roughly three-quarters of Mexican-American women are overweight or obese. In other words, about 20% more likely.

For your other data, the comparison doesn't tell us anything without knowing the actual rates. That's a common error in citing statistics. For example, eating avocados makes you 30% more likely to develop [terrible disease]! (I just made that up.) This is useful information without knowing how common [terrible disease] is. 30% more likely than a common disease means something, 30% more likely than a very rare disease means basically nothing.

And then, of course, there's your assumption that Hispanic-American people get a lot of free food.

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Tell me this then.  
1. What's your experience in low-performing schools where kids rely on free and reduced meals?  at least two meals a day - breakfast and lunch - but sometimes an "early dinner" when school lets out
2. Tell me what a cafeteria meal looks like and what's considered healthy.
3. Tell me what these kids are eating at home while their parents are out working 2 jobs.

If you can provide specific details, then we'll chat.  If not, then I'm relying on MY personal experiences after 20+ years in a system AND government statistics.

Thanks for playing!
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Eh. Tell me what this has to do with "Have you noticed that many Hispanic kids and their moms are over weight? There are too much free unhealthy food in their life!"?[/quote]

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