摘要：By 2020, Hispanics are
expected to account for 16
percent of the U.S. population.
Hispanics would become the
second largest segment of the population,
lagging non-Hispanic Whites
at 64 percent and exceeding non-
Hispanic Blacks at 13 percent.
The U.S. Hispanic population
poses a number of policy puzzles
because its health and mortality
record is in some respects more
favorable than that of the general
population, despite economic and
educational disadvantages. If traditional
diet patterns contribute to this
favorable record, adoption of typical
American eating patterns may erode
it. Examination of Hispanic diets
reveals that less acculturated Hispanics¡ª
those who don¡¯t use English¡ª
eat somewhat more healthful
diets than acculturated Hispanics¡ª
those who use English. Nutrition
education programs for Hispanics
need to emphasize retaining their
traditional diets¡¯ reliance on grains
and beans, while advocating change
toward lower fat dairy products and
less use of fat in cooking.
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