State’s top public health, energy experts to gather in Houston for medicine and engineering conference
January 5, 2012
Dr. Amelie Ramirez of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio joins panel on obesity and its related diseases
Obesity among Latino youth examined in new research briefs
December 9, 2011
Briefs analyze factors contributing to Latino childhood obesity and offer potential solutions
Summit Highlights Progress in Reducing Obesity among Latino Children
September 12, 2011
Investigators from across the nation will unveil progress in their efforts to reduce Latino childhood obesity and improve Latino nutrition, fitness, and healthy lifestyles during Texas Obesity Awareness Week at the 3rd Annual Salud America! Scientific Summit on Sept. 15-16, 2011, at the Hotel Contessa in San Antonio.
In Muevete USA, student nurses combat childhood obesity
July 27, 2011
In two primarily Hispanic neighborhoods, Rosalinda Barrientos and other students from the UT Health Science Center School of Nursing asked children the question, “What does ‘healthy’ mean to you?”
National Children’s Study launching here
June 21, 2011
Health Science Center leaders now recruiting in Bexar County for nation’s largest long-term childhood health study
Second SALSI forum takes aim at Latino obesity
May 10, 2011
The second-annual SALSI Research Forum, highlighting efforts to prevent obesity among Latinos in San Antonio and South Texas.