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Latinos Living Longer, Suffering More from Chronic Diseases

By Stephanie Nolasco

Published December 12, 2012

Fox News Latino

America’s Health Rankings announced Monday Latinos are living longer, but more likely to suffer from chronic illnesses, obesity, and diabetes. Not only do Latinos remain the largest uninsured minority population in the country, but theHispanic childhood poverty rate is also at an all-time high.

Obesity leads to other serious illnesses and conditions, like heart disease and various forms of cancers.

“The report tells us that we are living longer, but the extra years we are living are weighed down by chronic illnesses,” explains Roberto Madrid, M.D., Medical Director for United Healthcare Foundation, which developed the annual report. “This means that we are living longer, but with a poorer quality of life for the extended years.”

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