SCIENTIFIC SUMMITS

Inaugural Salud America! Scientific Summit
September 9-11, 2009
Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas

About 200 leading researchers, policy-makers and community leaders attended the Summit for a series of panels and discussions on a variety of topics–policy, built environment, nutrition, physical activity, and marketing—related to Latino childhood obesity.

View the Summit Report

Special guest speakers included:

• Dr. Richard H. Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
• Ex-NBA player Sean Elliott and his wife, health columnist Claudia Zapata
• Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong
• Texas Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr.
• Several Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dignitaries

View Dr. Carmona’s Speech

“The summit went a long way in increasing awareness of the challenge of childhood obesity among Latinos,” said Dr. Amelie Ramirez, director of Salud America! and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the Health Science Center. “The summit also enhanced knowledge of the work being done to reduce the epidemic and created opportunities for collaboration.”

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