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"It is perhaps the most stark disparity in Black versus white health in America." Texas has one of the highest rates of diabetes-related amputations, and the majority Mexican American city of San ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) points out that type 2 diabetes is more common in Black, Hispanic/Latinx ... still use a BMI index chart to see if your height and weight ...

while for Hispanic and white women, what is considered healthy is lower than the chart. For example, when measuring the risk for diabetes, Black women fall closer to 33 and white women average at 29.