According to participants in a recent workshop organized by Fogartys Center for Global Health Studies, researchers, policymakers and implementers must urgently work together to identify evidence-based strategies to turn the tide on *childhood obesity in Latin America*. More > fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/november-december-2014/Pages/child-obesity-research-latin-america.aspx The meeting was co-sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), CDC, PAHO-WHO and the Office of Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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