​Study authors examine the state of obesity, diabetes, and associated health disparities among understudied multiracial, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI), and American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) adults. Aggregated data for 184,617 adults from the 2005–2011 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) were analyzed to determine obesity, diabetes, poor/fair health, and physical disability prevalence by racial group.

Findings: Authors found that obesity, diabetes, and other targeted health conditions were highly prevalent among multiracial, NHOPI, and AIAN adults, who displayed significantly greater adjusted odds than non-Hispanic white adults for obesity, diabetes, poor/fair health, and with the exception of NHOPI adults, physical disability. Multiracial and AIAN adults with obesity also had significantly higher adjusted odds of diabetes than non-Hispanic white adults with obesity.