Obesity in the Latino Population: What We As Physicians Can Do
01/10/2013 07:16pm | 9358 viewsThe Latino population is now the fastest growing immigrant population in the U.S.; it’s also far from the healthiest. In Los Angeles, (where I, a Latino cardiothoracic surgeon, have lived and practiced for decades) 60 percent of Latinos are overweight and 40 percent are obese. To look at just one subgroup nationwide, Mexican American women are 40 percent more likely than non-Hispanic women to be overweight, according to 2010 data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
About the Author
Dr. Ismael Nuño is author of the book The Spirit of the Heart: Stories of Family, Hope, Loss, and Healing.Dr. Ismael Nuño is author of the book The Spirit of the Heart: Stories of Family, Hope, Loss, and Healing. He received his training in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and was Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Chief of Staff Elect/President Elect of the Medical Association at the Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center, as well as Assistant Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine. He is currently Medical Advisor for the Alfred Mann Institute of Bioengineering at USC, and was previously Medical Advisor for the St. Jude Medical Corporation for the Western United States. He received his training in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and was Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Chief of Staff Elect/President Elect of the Medical Association at the Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center, as well as Assistant Professor of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine. He is currently Medical Advisor for the Alfred Mann Institute of Bioengineering at USC, and was previously Medical Advisor for the St. Jude Medical Corporation for the Western United States.