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We’re excited to announce that two organizations, Salud America! and The San Antonio Report (formerly the Rivard Report), are partnering to highlight challenges and solutions to health and obesity.
The Rivard Report is a non-profit online news source in San Antonio that tackles city issues and spotlights innovative solutions. Salud America! is a national health communication program.
For the partnership, Salud America! will make monthly article contributions to The Rivard Report on new ways to address the rising epidemic of obesity plaguing San Antonio.
San Antonio is a historic, culturally rich, and diverse (63.2% Latino) city. But it also is currently ranked 8th in the nation for obesity.
Obesity leads to numerous challenges that the city must face, such as increased rates of diabetes and soaring healthcare costs, as well as other indirect costs to society. Unfortunately, these challenges heavily burden certain residents.
Salud America! offers numerous innovative solutions with creative “non-traditional” partners to start and support community-wide healthy changes, from research and resources to written and filmed role model stories of the step-by-step process people took to develop and implement those healthy changes.
Read our first contribution here on the Rivard Report and follow us on social media @SaludAmerica for the latest info on childhood obesity!
By The Numbers
25.1
percent
of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage
