A New Wave of Salud Heroes for Healthy Change

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…you be a Salud Hero? (Page 1)

…researchers give Latina teens a (photo) voice to impact their community? (Page 3)

…Latino bodegas get healthier? (Page 5)

Find out in the latest Salud America! E-newsletter.

Salud America! The RWJF Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program aims to unite and increase the number of Latino stakeholders engaged in community change and research on environmental and policy solutions to the epidemic. The network is directed by the Institute for Health Promotion Research at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Don’t forget to share your stories at our new Salud America! Growing Healthy Change website. We can help you get a national audience for your work!

By The Numbers By The Numbers

20.7

percent

of Latino kids have obesity (compared to 11.7% of white kids)

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