500 More to Go! Your Participation Counts!

Members of the following Communities:

Albany Park
Irving Park
Avondale
Hermosa
Logan Square
Humboldt Park
Belmont Cragin

if you identify as Latino/Hispanic and are between the ages of 18-74, you could be elegible to participate in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

Your Participation Counts! This is your chance to be apart of history. We will be recruiting in these communities from now until June 2011. To see if you are elegible for our historical study, please contact the Chicago Field Center at 1-800-749-4765 ext 3.

Consulate General of Mexico and the American Heart Association- Go Red por tu Corazon - February 25, 2011

The American Heart Association is excited to partner with the Consulate General of Mexico for our 2nd annual cardiovascular disease workshop. Our event will take place on Friday, February 25, 2011, from 10 am- 1 pm at the Consulate General of Mexico’s office ( 204 S. Ashland). Our goal is to provide stimulating and relevant discussions, panels and presentations on issues facing our Latino community throughout Metro Chicago. Topics to be discusses include:

Latinas and Heart Disease/ Go Red Por to Corazon campaign
Zeroing in on Obesity for Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction for adults and children
How someone’s Undocumented status Impacts Cardiovascular Disease and Overall Health

Please help the American Heart Association promote this upcoming event to your contacts and partners.


If you have further questions, please contact Fil Guipoco. His contact information is provided below. Thank you so much in advance
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Fil Mendez Guipoco, MA
Health Equity Director
American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate
208 S. LaSalle, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60604
Direct: 312-476-6628
Fax: 312-346-7375
E-mail: fil.guipoco@heart.org
www.americanheart.org

Planning Meals and Plate Dividers

Eating Healthy is no easy task but meal planning can be made easier using the my plate method. Click on the photos below to see how a balanced diet can be put together by dividing your plate.







Information courtesy of the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene