Salud America! Immokalee Summit: The Status of Childhood Obesity in Immokalee
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) created the “Salud America!” program in late 2007 to provide support for researchers studying the obesity epidemic in Latino children.
Javier Rosado, PhD who works at the College of Medicine’s clinical training site in Immokalee, recieved this $75,000 award as a postdoctoral fellow. The project studied how well rural clinics and school health programs inform Latino parents about their children’s weight.
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