The #ShareACoke campaign is using hit songs to promote their products to Latinos, now marketing groups within public health groups are also sharing the tunes they see big soda promoting. Consuming daily amounts of sugary sweetened beverages have been shown through studies to lead to greater risks for type 2 diabetes, obesity, and other diet-related health risks and are also the number one source of added sugar in the American diet. To raise awareness of the health risks related to consuming sugary beverages like soda, organizations like Berkeley Media Studies Group other health-focused groups are tweeting out on twitter about the truth behind soda consumption, showing how health risks can impact consumers. They are asking all to get involved with the hashtag #ShareACoke and ...
According to a recent article, a 2014 study from Stanford University estimated that restricting sugary beverages from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) may help reduce type 2 diabetes and obesity among Americans receiving the SNAP benefits, keeping as many as 141,000 children and 281,000 adults from becoming obese. Physician Phil Roe is ready to help this happen and has filed a bill that would bar SNAP recipients from using their benefits to buy sodas, energy drinks, candy and other junk foods. After reading a letter from a mother being upset that her Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, (WIC) benefits didn't cover her two 12 liter soda bottles of Mountain dew, Roe told local news that he doesn't care what people buy, but stated ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has newly released a toolkit for those in urban agriculture or looking to be an agri-business entrepreneur. The opportunities in agri-business help drive job growth in agriculture and expand food access and choice which is vital to Latino communities in need of healthy food access in urban and rural areas. The toolkit is an electronic document that helps urban and small farms navigate more than 70 resources including tech assistance and financing opportunities. Baltimore organizations have added resources into the toolkit including "How-To' guides and law project manuals. To learn more, click here! To access the Toolkit, click here! Copy & Share on Twitter: Attention all #urbanfarm #entrepreneurs, need resources? See the new @USDA ...
Thirsty? May is the month of free giveaways of water and reusable water bottles from San Antonio Water System (SAWS) asking the city to 'Rethink your Drink' with water! Kicking off the National Drinking Water Week happening from May 1st to May 7th, SAWS will be giving away free water and water bottles at various locations around the city. The SAWS water tanker will be giving out free water in the following locations: Where SAWS water tanker will be (approximately 2 hours at each location)*:
Tuesday, May 3 (noontime): The Pearl, near the Pearl Stable and The Area Foundation
Wednesday, May 4 (3-5pm): UTSA Main Campus, near the UC and H-E-B Business building
Thursday, May 5 (7-9am): Woodlawn Lake, near the walking trail
Thursday, May 5 (noontime): TriPoint YMCA at Mulberry ...
By May next year (2017), convenience stores, movie theaters, supermarkets and chain food establishments will officially have calorie labels for consumers, helping them to see the healthy choice easier. Many restaurants including Starbucks, Panera, McDonalds and Subway and others have all already added calorie labels to menus , however, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) released the final guidance for all food establishments to have implemented policy changes by early May 2017. According to the FDA Americans eat and drink one-third of their calories away from home. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, children eat almost twice as many calories when they eat a meal at a restaurant compared to a meal at home and says the measure could help prevent 41 ...
Supervisor Mark Farrell announced a new legislation , written with help from the American Heart Association, to ban sugary beverages and junk food across all vending machines on city property. According to a recent news article, the legislation states that 60 percent of the city's employee health costs are driven by the 24 percent of the city's health plan members dealing with chronic health conditions. The legislation works in conjunction with helping the health of city employees by working towards encouraging healthier foods in all 150 vending machines across the city, including the airport and City Hall, as well as implementing new city meetings gathered around healthier food. The ban would only allow snacks with fewer than 200 calories per serving with no more than 35 percent ...
A study from Los Angeles, Calif. shows that high stress in Latino adults may have twice the risk of having obese children. According to a recent article, researchers looked at data from the Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth) and stated that parental stress is a risk factor for childhood obesity among Latinos. High levels of stress were reported among Latino parents and obesity and chronic stress were prevalent among this population, explained researchers. Stress factors were determined from the Chronic Stress Burden Scale, including factors of difficulties at work or in a relationship among other stress factors, where data showed 34 percent of parents in the study had three or more stress factors. The doctors of the research later explained that the importance of stress on the ...
Westford Elementary school is working with Fresh Start Food Gardens and Circle Health to bring fresh fruits and vegetables into the diets of their students, promoting healthy eating with a "seed to stomach" process. The partnership has helped bring in two raised beds for school gardens that have let students plant seeds and harvest their own plants, learning how to care for the produce they will consume in the coming months. The students at Crisafulli Elementary School will also get to enjoy new garden beds for planting as well. Christine Berthold, one of the creators of Fresh Start Food Gardens explained in the local news article that kids who grow their own vegetables are more apt to eat them and she thinks that it will be great for the kids to be a part of the entire growing ...
Marketing to kids has been a long debated topic as cartoon characters, TV shows and smartphone game apps have been shown to influence kid's food choices. Quebec has had restrictions on child-targeted food ads since 1980's according to a recent news article and now Toronto wants to follow suit as well to help decrease risks of childhood obesity and diabetes. The board of health voted on Monday, April 25, 2016, to ban commercial ads to children under 16 years of age. The city's Medical Officer of Health reported in the same news article that 29 percent of kids in grades 7-12 were overweight or obese, and one in five students eat sugar or salty snacks more than three times a day. Latino kids are often more likely to see unhealthy ads for unhealthy foods and sugary ...
