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July 9th, 2012 by Len Saunders

From Latino Lista?..

With childhood obesity continuing to hit harder in the Latino community, 30 Hispanic journalists gathered in Los Angeles last month to hear experts talk about solutions. The panel discussion, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), was part of a daylong National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Region 8 Conference at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.

The journalists represented outlets spanning national and local broadcast, print and online media, including Univision, KCPP 89.9 FM (California?s leading NPR-affiliate station) and The Orange County Register.

Abelardo de la Pe?a, editor of LatinoLA.com, moderated the event. The panelists work on childhood obesity prevention at the community, school and research levels:

Rosa Sosa is project director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities ? Baldwin Park and regional director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. The Baldwin Park program has helped cut the number of overweight students by 13 percent during the past several years.

Corina Ulloa is program coordinator of the El Monte School District?s Network for a Healthy California. El Monte includes Rio Hondo Elementary School, only the second school in the nation to receive the Alliance for a Healthy Generation?s Healthy Schools Program Gold award.

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