Study: Targeting Obesity Control in Latin America and the United States

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A new pubcast, “Obesity Control in Latin American and United States Latinos: A Systematic Review,” examines research programs that combined physical activity and healthy eating to address obesity can help guide efforts to tackle the epidemic in the United States and Latin America.

The pubcast, published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, is from the Institute for Behavioral and Community Health at San Diego State University.

Read more about this research here.

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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