Health and Fitness

U-M Study: Pacific Islanders Have High Obesity, Smoking Rates

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.  In the first study to detail the health of Pacific Islanders living in the United States, University of Michigan researchers have found alarmingly high rates of obesity and smoking.

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The preliminary findings are being presented today (Sept. 24) at a conference in Los Angeles on health disparities among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

“Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are the second fastest growing minority population in the U.S.,” said Sela…

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