Study: Hispanic children could die before parents due to obesity, diabetes

Posted by Minority Diabetes Reports Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

Kens5: 8/22/13

SAN ANTONIO — A new study from the University of Texas Health Science Center shows Hipanics in South Texas aren’t living as healthy a lifestyle. It shows almost 38 percent of them are obese.

“This may well be the first generation that does not outlive their parents,” said UTHSC researcher Dorothy Long Parma. “The reason is that obesity is linked to many, many cancers. Many cancers are being found in as young an age as preschoolers.” Read more

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