Immigrants also adopt these fast food habits when we settle in the United States. We do it because we settle among minorities. A recent study in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation found that people who eat fast food even once a week increase their risk of dying from coronary heart disease by 20 percent compared to people who avoid fast food (University of Minnesota Academic Health). Center). This automatically puts a large number of (African-American) minorities at risk. We are in danger because most fast food restaurants are located in our communities. Our education level is still low compared to white people and therefore a large number of people still depend on these unhealthy meals. People who eat fast food two to three times a week are at higher risk. As a black man, what have I done to help improve my health and the health of others of my race? Certain events have become part of us and will forever damage the black race. Education is essential and therefore educating each other with the little we know will help improve our