Report: Obesity, Diabetes Are Biggest Health Threats in South Texas

Posted by News Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

Institute for Health Promotion Research: 8/16/13

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Aug. 20, 2013)—Diabetes and obesity are the two most significant health threats in South Texas, according to a new report published online in Springer Open Books by the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The South Texas Health Status Review, originally self-published in 2008, was updated this year to study more than 35 health conditions and risk factors and how people in South Texas may be differently affected than those in the rest of Texas or nation.  Read More

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