![The Role of eHealth in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity](/sites/default/files/stories/AD/HSD/NC/MediaCenter/paco-eheath-hospedales.jpg)
At the Second Pan American Conference on Obesity (PACO II), held June 11-16 in Aruba, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) presented eHealth as an essential component in the fight against noncommunicable diseases, in particular childhood obesity.