African Americans have several nutrition-related health risks. The incidence of what chronic diet-related disease is almost double in African Americans than in Whites?
A) Cancer B) Diabetes C) Heart disease D) Hypertension
D
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African Americans have a significantly higher prevalence of hypertension (42%) than Whites (29.1%).
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