The growing population trend is affecting the majority of the African American and Hispanic population among ages 25-35 in the state of New Jersey and the entire country. This has a domino effect on families and the healthcare system. Adults who are obese tend to raise kids with the same habits. At the current pace, its estimated that 43% of the population will be obese by the year 2030 (Prevention, 2014). The focus of prevention should be teaching to the targeted age groups 25-35 to engage in more fruits and vegetable versus non-nutritional foods. Incentives should be welcomed as well among health insurance companies. By offering more incentive as lower copayments and reduced deductibles if a certain body-mass index is reached or weight reduced
