3400.0 Obesity, food environments and health disparities

Monday, October 29, 2012: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Poster

Board 2
Preventing childhood obesity in Latino children in northern Philadelphia: A multifaceted program involving after-school physical activity, nutrition education, and workshops with caregivers
Daniel Beachler, MHS, Ingrid Pérez-Martin, MHA, MHE, Kineret Shakow, EDD, Karen Chen, Laura Mager, MA, RD and Fannie Fonseca-Becker, DrPH
Board 3
Prevention strategies and structural changes that matter: Insights into food insecurity and the informal food system from Comida Casera, a project of Salud Familiar en McKinley
Aldo Chazaro, BS, Kathleen M. Roe, DrPH, MPH, Silvia Montano, Osvaldo Maldonado, Julia Barba, BS, Mojgan Mohammadi, BS, Angelica Rojas, BS(c), Maziel Giron, MPH(c) and Aurora Garcia, MEd
Board 4
Evaluation results of a promotores de salud approach to prevent obesity among Latinos
A. Manuela McDonough, MPH, CPH, Selena T. Nguyen-Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, Melawhy Garcia, MPH, Natalia Gatdula, MPHc, BS and Britt Rios-Ellis, PhD, MS
Board 5
A meta-analysis of obesity-prevention interventions among Latinos in the US and Latin America
Noe C. Crespo, PhD, MPH, MS, Christina M. Eisenberg, MPH, Christina K. Holub, PhD, MPH, Elva M. Arredondo, PhD, Simon Barquera, MD, PhD, MS, Luz Maria Sanchez, MD, MS and John P. Elder, PhD, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Latino Caucus
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition, Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, Black Caucus of Health Workers

See more of: Latino Caucus