A 1987 poster from the Cook Islands Food and Nutrition Committee suggests that we Balance Food and Activity Today… [to] Be Healthier Tomorrow. At the top of the illustration, high-fat, high-calorie foods like donuts and candy tip the scales in the direction of obesity, portrayed by the sedentary figure on the right. In the scale…

Viewed from an aerial perspective, a dark-haired woman sporting a pink flamingo-flecked blouse smiles broadly as she donates blood. The poster entitled Woman donating blood is part of a series of educational materials created by the American Red Cross’s Hispanic HIV/AIDS Education Program (SIDA is the Spanish acronym). This Spanish-language program, developed by Hispanic health educators,…