Hispanics and Obesity - The Worrying Truth by Alan Cooper

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Discussion About Overweight and Obesity in the District's Latino Community
Meredith Susan Josephs, M.D., M.P.H.

Epidemic of Obesity Among Latino Youth

Cultural Competence in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity: Latino Americans

Youth obesity risk called highest among Latinos

Study of obesity among Latinos finds more than 50% overweight

For Latinos, Battle of the Girth Starts at Birth

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This article discusses the education and health care needs of Hispanics in Texas in the context of the state's predicted population boom; in the next three decades Texas' population is expected to double. The article points to current drop-out rates and economic hardship, including lack of access to adequate health insurance, among Texas Hispanics which could pose even graver problems in the future as the state's population grows.

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This article is about the white paper released Oct. 19, 2006 by the National Council of La Raza - California State University Long Beach Center for Latino Community Health, analyzing the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among U.S. Latinos.

NCLR Report: Redefining HIV/AIDS for Latinos: A Promising New Paradigm for Addressing HIV/AIDS in the Hispanic Community

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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and six other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced contracts totaling $61 million over 6 ½ years to conduct the largest long-term epidemiological study of health and disease in Latin American populations living in the United States.

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This article is about a new study being launched in Laredo, Texas to study obesity and Type 2 diabetes in school-children. The study will have an additional focus on Hispanic children who have a high risk for diabetes. According to the article, "the city is home to the highest obesity rate among Hispanic children in the U.S."

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This article details the recent Congressional debate over changes to the Ryan White CARE Act which funds HIV/AIDS care in the U.S. Members of a panel with representatives from the Latino Commission on AIDS and the Hispanic Federation reported that the proposed changes would "would result in inadequate funding for treatment efforts among HIV-positive Latinos."

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