The low prevalence of obesity in Chinese Americans suggests that high obesity rates are not inevitable, though the general obesity epidemic threatens future vascular disease burden.
These data confirm the epidemic of obesity in most but not all racial and ethnic groups. The observed low prevalence of obesity in Chinese American participants indicates that high rates of obesity should not be considered inevitable. These findings may be viewed as indicators of potential future increases in vascular disease burden and health care costs associated with the obesity epidemic.
Burke et al. (Mon,) studied this question.