Changing the Conversation on Latino Obesity for Obesity Care Week 2020

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Obesity Care Week 2020 (#OCW2020) is here!

From March 1-7, 2020, Salud America!, our Latino health equity program at UT Health San Antonio, is happy to be an OCW2020 Champion to support this awareness week.

Obesity Care Week has a global vision for a society that understands, respects, and accepts the complexities of obesity and values science and clinically-based care.

Salud America! research shows that U.S. Latinos face inequities in many areas—from poverty and social support to access to affordable housing and transportation—that contribute to higher rates of obesity. Latino adults and children have higher obesity rates (47% and 25.8%, respectively) than whites (37.9% adults and 14% children). Addressing the root causes can help address obesity.

#OCW2020 has different focus days to stimulate conversations about obesity:

• March 1: Launch Day
• March 2: Weight Bias Day
• March 3: Obesity Treatment Day
• March 4: World Obesity Day
• March 5: Access to Care Day
• March 6: Childhood Obesity Day
• March 7: “I Care” Day

Please join us in supporting this annual awareness week to help change the way we care about obesity, especially for communities of color.

Obesity Care Week is led by Obesity Action Coalition, The Obesity Society, the STOP Obesity Alliance, the Obesity Medicine Association, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Sign-up for OCW Alerts or visit ObesityCareWeek.org. Use #OCW2020 on social media.

Editor’s Note: Image credit to the World Obesity Federation.