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Living here makes you less healthy and more fat:

Millions of Latinos come to America looking for jobs and educations, but remaining here seems to be bad for their health.

The longer Latinos are here, the more likely they are to become obese, to develop diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. And Latinos born here have even higher rates of those illnesses, a new government report shows.

I always thought it was true, and have anecdotal knowledge that tells me that as much as certain types of Latino foods are villified by the mainstream as being unhealthy, people back in the home countries eat a lot better than Latino immigrants in the United States. Sure, tacos and tortas aren’t the best foods available, but they sure as hell beat McDonalds’ hamburgers and Pizza Hut.

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