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We can all agree that health and wellness should be equal opportunity goals for all Americans, and your skin color shouldn’t matter. But it does. The health numbers for...

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Hispanic Americans live longer than white Americans, on average, despite higher rates of obesity and diabetes. Researchers want to know why.

Clues to solve the paradox have emerged from an unlikely place. Jose Luis Pelaez/Stone via Getty ImagesIn early December 2021, I was seeing a physical therapist for a shoulder injury. During one of my visits, the therapist was alternating between me and another patient on an adjacent bed, who had a knee replacement. While the therapist worked on the other patient’s leg, stretching it and bending the knee, I eavesdropped on their conversation. The patient was in pain, anxious to complete the hard