What are the long term consequences?

[bugscufle]

While they may want to keep their language, Mexican-Americans seem quite taken with the high fat, high sugar food in their new country.

Mexican American and black (non-Hispanic) adults in the U.S. are considerably more overweight and obese than white (non-Hispanic) adults.

http://obesity1.tempdomainname.com/subs/fastfacts/Obesity_Minority_Pop.shtml

[Southern_Gent]

Actually, this has been reported on one of the Spanish stations that I watch. The newscast reported on the dietary habits of immigrants and how it is leading to obesity. This, of course, leads to other problems, such as diabetes and heart disease.