I live in a city that has a large Hispanic population and a fairly healthy Asian population too. I have friends from both of these ethnic groups. The major difference I've observed is cultural.

Education is everything to my Asian friends and their parents are fairly overbearing in their desire for their children to succeed. One old friend, Leslie, went into the arts, and is successful. She suffers greatly because of it. Her family is constanly admonishing her, for not becoming a doctor or lawyer, And her chinese Mother won't even speak to her.

In contrast my Hispanic friends look down on education, but highly value hard work, family and street-smarts. One friend of mine is a computer geek, like me, and his family is always putting him down for being too "white". I think they feel that education endangers their traditional values and that educated people act superior. Or as my buddy Gilbert puts it, "all stuck up and shit".

I realize that these stories are anecdotal and I can think of examples where this pattern does not apply. That said, I would have to assert that this more the norm in my circles than not.

Over 18% of the population of Colorado is obese? That's a huge percentage of the population. WTF are you guys cheering for? There's nothing to be proud of here.