Abstract
The obesity epidemic in the United States is escalating, especially among persons of color (1), those living in poverty (2), and residents of rural communities (3). Obesity rates among children from racial and ethnic minority groups exceed those of white children by as many as 10 to 12 percentage points (4). In 2003-2004, Mexican-American children aged 6 to 11 years were 1.3 times as likely as non-Hispanic white children to be overweight, and American Indian/Alaskan Natives were 1.6 times as likely as non-Hispanic whites to be obese (5).
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