Recent news reveals Albany, California is on the map for the next possible soda taxes as city council members voted to officially place a soda tax on the ballot. The voting took place on a Tuesday last November, joining other efforts across the country looking to reduce consumption of drinks with added sugars that is linked to chronic disease like Type-2 diabetes. More and more cities are considering soda taxes for health initiatives in their communities, most recent are Boulder, Colo., San Francisco, Calif., Watsonville, Calif., Davis City, Calif. , Oakland, Calif., Richmond, Calif. and Portland, Ore. A few other states have also attempted soda taxes in the past including Texas and Vermont. Some states are still discussing soda and/or junk food taxes, like Illinois and ...
Healthier foods are not always affordable or convenient, but the health risks of eating junk foods like chips, energy drinks and candy put many families at risk for diseases like heart disease and diabetes. To reverse the rising diabetic rates in Mexico, Mexico City put a 8 percent tax on high- calorie snacks to help reduce consumption and purchases of high sodium, high sugar snacks that have more than 275 calories per 100 grams of product. The tax has been successful in low-income and medium-income homes where a recent article from American Heart Association (AHA) explains that low-income families bought 10.2 percent less junk food, while medium-income households bought 5.8 percent less. Researchers from Mexico's National Institute of Public Health and the University of North ...
Various cities throughout the nation are thinking about soda taxes or working on reducing beverages like energy drinks, and unnatural juices in schools, and city vending machines. Now Raley's, a privately owned and family operated supermarket chain in West Sacramento will be removing name-brand sodas from their stores. The 121 stores are located in Northern California and Nevada under four names: Raley's Supermarkets, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods and Food Source. A recent article explains the decision to remove these type of beverages from the store was to advance their vision of health and wellness, wanting to "make it easier" for their costumers to make healthier choices. Latino kids ages 0-5 consume more sugary drinks than their peers, and about 74% of Latinos have had a ...
According to a new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, researchers found that teens who didn't eat breakfast were at higher risks for obesity than those who ate two breakfasts. This is powerful for schools, as many are working to incorporate healthier foods and reduce sugary drink consumption among students to curb the rising rates of students with diabetes, obesity, and other chronic health risks. Researchers do not know the case as to why eating two breakfasts rather than none can help, but one theory was that students would not overeat later in the day, according to a recent article.
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Target is teaming up with various non-profits as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy focusing on wellness. Not only have they been working to make checkout lanes healthier since last year, but now Target is investing $40 million dollars to organizations committed to increasing physical activity and healthy eating for families and children. Partners include Alliance For A Healthier Generation, Common Threads, Edible Schoolyard NYC, just keep livin foundation, KaBOOM!, Wholesome Wave, YWCA of Minneapolis, FoodCorps, Playworks, REAL School Gardens and more. Having healthier food and physical activity in schools, neighborhoods and community areas are essential steps to helping prevent future cases of obesity and helping to decrease chronic health risks for ...
New reports on healthy foods in school meals show that there still remains issues for underserved children of color. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that many children consume most of their daily calories- a third to a half- at school, making school one of the most important food environments that impact a child's future health. A recent report from the CDC looking at schools across the U.S. from 2006-07 to 2013-14, shows that more schools in the West have the availability of salad bars in their schools than all other regions and most schools serving socio-economically disadvantaged students were less likely to have salad bars. Also revealed in the report, were that many majority-Latino schools were less likely to offer fresh fruit in school meals. Latino ...
In Grant County, New Mexico (49.9 % Latino) many families have little to no access to healthier foods. Some families live in food deserts , where they may live as far as ten miles from a supermarket or grocery store. However, new programs like the Rooted Youth Growing Change may help bring healthy foods into the area with their a new summer internship program. From Silver City's Volunteer Center, the program helps teens have skills in three areas of instruction including hands-on gardening, cooking lessons, and lectures based on themes like food justice, history, or food-as-medicine. Facilitator of the program, Kristin Lundgren, explained in a recent article that the inspiration in developing the program for teens began when she realized that many teens could learn ...
New urban farming policies in San Antonio have helped launch small businesses and urban farms across the city. Including, a new farmers market that has grown into San Antonio's Southside, where many Latino families live in poverty and lack access to affordable, healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables. According to the State of Texas Children report, 26% of children in Bexar County lack consistent access to adequate food, and Latino kids face a disparity in Texas, where rates of food insecurity exceed 30 percent. The foods offered at Urban Farm Stand are at a lower cost than most local grocery stores, explains a recent article, also noting that sixty percent of customers are returning to stock up on fresh local tomatoes, or sign up for the 25$ produce box that can be delivered to a ...
Having healthy eating habits from early ages is important to setting up a healthier future. According to a recent study article, one in five children in the U.S. entering elementary school is overweight, but new research has revealed that the USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program has improved roughly four million children's' diet quality. Researchers funded by the National Institute of Health looked at how diets changed with new WIC food packaging, discovering that children in WIC households had eaten some vegetables while only one in five children, not receiving WIC, had any vegetables. Studies also show Latino kids often face less access to healthy foods in their schools and neighborhoods, resulting in poorer ...
