Add easy access to unhealthy food to the issue of having limited play spaces and you have Latino kids with a much higher risk for obesity compared to non-Latino children.

Recently, non-profit Salud America! has revealed data that indicated kids in highly-populated Latino neighborhoods are less likely to have access to healthy food. Even their schools are not offering healthier options.

Salud America! director Dr. Amelie Ramirez noted that despite the healthy food initiative set up by First Lady Michelle Obama, schools in neighborhoods with a predominantly Latin population are not complying with the federally mandated program.

"We're encouraging schools to do away with their vending machines, and options like that, because children are surrounded by unnecessarily high caloric food," Ramirez told NBC News. "Also within close proximity of these schools are convenience stores and fast food restaurants that also contribute to the increase in our Latino students' weight."

As per Latina, citing a Salud America! study, when chain supermarkets or grocery shops that offered healthy food were accessible and abundant, Latino children's body weights improved.

Another issue that adds to the obesity risk that Latino children face is reduced physical activity, which may be influenced by schools and road traffic.

According to the Salud America! report, schools need to create more opportunities for children to engage in physical activity at school through structured programs, in order to reduce obesity risks. Right now, compliance with physical activities is still low.

There's also the finding that Latino students are less likely to do physical activities during school hours and are not as likely to join team sports or other related activities as their White counterparts. Notably, Latina teens have a higher likelhood of failing physical education classes. On the other hand, Latino males tend to have higher activity levels than White males of the same schools.

Also, increased vehicular traffic and urbanization subsequently increased children's tendency to travel to school via motorized vehicles, rather than bike or walk. Salud America! revealed that decreased walking or biking to school has ties to childhood obesity.

Additionally, the tendency of children to misperceive their weights may also play a role. Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, as per the CDC, showed that one third of Mexican-American children -- about 34 percent -- believe they are not as overweight as they actually are. Overall, about 81 percent of overweight male children and 71 percent of overweight female children think their weights are within the normal range.

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