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Hispanics live longer than most Americans, but will the US obesity epidemic change things?

  • Written by Michelle L. Frisco, Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
Hispanics live longer than most Americans, but will the US obesity epidemic change things?Juan Duran-Gutierrez kisses his newborn daughter Andrea for the first time in his home after bringing her home from the hospital on Aug. 5.Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via Getty Images

Anti-immigrant sentiments have fueled recent national and state-level health policy efforts. In 2019, Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation that would...

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