Canton Resident and WBZ-TV Producer/Host, Yadires Nova-Salcedo, Attends Joslin's Latino Diabetes Initiative Benefit

Yadires Nova-Salcedo stopped to chat with Dr. Enrique Caballero, Founder and Director of Joslin Diabetes Center’s Latino Diabetes Initiative, at the 3rd Annual ritmos de salud to benefit Joslin’s Latino Diabetes Initiative. The event was held at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter in South Boston on Friday, September 26, 2014.

Ms. Nova-Salcedo recently hosted Dr. Caballero on “Centro” on September 12, 2014. With Dr. Caballero and Ms. Nova-Salcedo are Dr. Caballero’s wife, two daughters and Chef Jose Duarte of Taranta.

Duarte was the culinary chair of the event and enlisted the help of several pals from: Tip Tap Room, Davio’s, Brasserie Joe, Masona Grill, Citizen Public House, and Casa B. Alexander “El Cantante” Boston Latin Band whipped the crowd into a salsa frenzy with some help from Salsa y Control.

Diabetes is a disease of epidemic proportions across all populations, affecting certain racial/ethnic groups in even greater numbers. National data demonstrates that Latinos have a two-fold increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to the Caucasian population.

Joslin Diabetes Center’s Latino Diabetes Initiative (LDI) strives to improve the lives of Latinos affected by diabetes, or at risk for the disease, through culturally oriented patient care, education, outreach and research, as well as working to find a cure.