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. 2025 Mar 4.
doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02348-2. Online ahead of print.

The Familias Saludables Study: A Culturally Tailored Family-Centered Intervention for Childhood Obesity Prevention Among Hispanic Communities

Diana Aguirre  1 , Melawhy L Garcia  2 , Patricia T Buenrostro  1 , Olga Korosteleva  3 , Patricia Dionicio  1 , Jacqueline Garay  1 , Angelica Durazo  1 , Maricela Bravo  1 , Mara Bird  1
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The Familias Saludables Study: A Culturally Tailored Family-Centered Intervention for Childhood Obesity Prevention Among Hispanic Communities

Diana Aguirre et al. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. .
No abstract available

Keywords: CBPR; Childhood obesity; Culturally tailored; Hispanic/Latino.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics Approval: Approval was granted by the IRB Board of California State University of Long Beach (June 6, 2018/No. 18–378). Consent to Participate: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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