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The team behind SaludToday recently held its first-ever Scientific Summit on Latino childhood obesity.
Salud America!, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national research program to prevent obesity among Latino children, united researchers, community leaders and policy-makers from Sept. 9-11, 2009, in San Antonio to discuss the latest advancements and progress in reducing Latino childhood obesity.
View the Summit Report.
It includes commentary by:
- Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the U.S.
- Lance Armstrong, champion cyclist
- Sean Elliott, ex-NBA player, and his wife, Claudia Zapata, health columnist (pictured at left)
- Texas Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr.
- And many more
Visit Salud America! here.
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Maternal & Child HealthBy The Numbers
20.7
percent
of Latino kids have obesity (compared to 11.7% of white kids)
