Controllable Factors Creating Infinite Loop Of Poor Health For Latinos
The population tends to suffer more diabetes and hypertension, which can exacerbate dementia.
California Health Report:
Fighting The Swell Of Latino Dementia
Latinos suffer from dementia at rates 1.5 times higher than whites, but not because of genetic makeup. Instead, the factors that contribute to Latino dementia are largely controllable. Latinos tend to suffer more diabetes and hypertension — conditions that left untreated can exacerbate dementia. In addition, socioeconomic factors like poverty, discrimination and limited access to quality healthcare also play a role in cognitive decline.
Together, these factors can cause an infinite loop of poor health. (Perry, 6/21)
Meanwhile, even as Americans' nutrition improves, a gap separating white Americans from African Americans and Mexican Americans remains —
Los Angeles Times:
Americans' Diets Improve, But Ethnic And Income Gaps Widen
More American adults are eating better, but a new analysis of American diets between 2000 and 2012 shows that the trend of improved nutrition is largely limited to middle- and upper-income white Americans. The result: a widening nutrition gap separating white Americans from African Americans and Mexican Americans. (Healy, 6/21)