At Risk: Latino Children's Health

According to the United Nations, the United States spends more per capita on health care than any other nation in the world, yet ranks 42nd in life expectancy. Obesity contributes to this unfortunate situation. Experts agree that if the current obesity trends are not overturned, today's children will be the first to have a life expectancy shorter than their parents.

In their introduction, editors Rafael P rez-Escamilla and Hugo Melgar-Qui onez note that the future of the country's well-being is closely tied to that of its Latino children. Overall, Latinos in the U.S. confront higher levels of poverty and have lower levels of education and English-language proficiency. Because of financial instability, they have less access to healthy foods and health care services.

Written by the country's leading experts in Latino children's health, the articles included in this landmark volume examine the key issues that affect the well-being of the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 09/01/2011
ISBN: 9781558857087
Pages: 294
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Library Journal 10/01/2011 pg. 95
Choice 05/01/2012