- Author: Myriam Grajales-Hall
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among school-age children decreased slightly (1.1 percent) between 2005 and 2010, suggesting that California may be experiencing a leveling off in childhood obesity rates, according to a study by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
During the last three decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States has increased dramatically in both adults and children. In the 1970s, about 15 percent of adults were obese; by 2004, the rate had climbed to 32 percent. Although the prevalence of obesity among children is lower than among adults, the rates among children and...
- Posted By: Myriam Grajales-Hall
- Written by: Immigration Policy Institute
According to a report released by The Immigration Policy Center, California has been a major “gateway” for immigrants to this country since it became a state in 1848 and is home to the largest numbers of immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in the country. As a result, California exemplifies the enormous political and economic clout of immigrants and accounts for innumerable stories of immigrant success in climbing the socioeconomic ladder over time. Today, more than 1 in 4 Californians is an immigrant (foreign-born), and more than half of Californians are Latino or Asian.
Immigrants and their adult children account for roughly 1 in 4 of the...
- Posted By: Myriam Grajales-Hall
- Written by: Joanne Lin, Californiawatch.org
The Hispanic/Latino population in California grew at a substantially slower clip over the past decade than in the rest of the nation, according to figures released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau, and reported by Californiawatch.org.
From 2000 to 2010, the U.S. Hispanic/Latino population grew 43 percent to nearly 50.5 million. More than half the nation's total population growth during this decade was due to the increase in the Hispanic/Latino population, which represents 16.3 percent of the country.
During the same time, California added...
- Author: Myriam Grajales-Hall
Surging Latino and Asian populations accounted for virtually all of California's population growth (71 percent) over the last decade, according to new census data released today, and as reported by the Associate Press.
Once again, Latinos saw the largest increases in population over the decade, making up 37.6% of the state's total population. In the decade spanning 2000 and 2010, Latinos grew by 28 percent to 14 million in the nation's most populous state, while Asians grew even faster - by 31 percent - to reach 4.8 million. In contrast, non-Hispanic whites decreased by 5 percent and the state's African-American population...
