Childhood Obesity Research Across Borders: Social Determinants of Health

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This Connect & Explore webinar series is based on the May 2021 special issue Childhood Obesity Prevention Across Borders: The Promise of US-Latin American Research Collaboration published in Obesity Review. The series explores nine cross-cutting themes and articulates a shared research agenda to address childhood obesity prevention in Latin America and among Latino populations in the United States. 

Join us on June 17, from 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET  for the first webinar, “Childhood Obesity Research Across Borders: Social Determinants of Health.” Hear from guest editors and authors of the supplement to understand the role that social determinants of health, specifically in terms of migration and social environment, play in childhood obesity in the U.S. and Latin America. Hear from the following presenters:

• Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Yale University 
• Mireya Vilar-Compte, Universidad Iberoamericana 
• Guadalupe X. Ayala, San Diego State University 

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