Residents living in Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles' predominantly Latino districts, took charge of their health by hosting one of the area's very first 5K runs in conjunction with a community health fair. According to a Streetsblog LA blog, the event which took place on Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 8:00-9:45 am, was organized under the leadership of Juan Romero, owner of a local coffee shop called Primera Taza. Romero wanted for local residents to have an event of their own that celebrated their culture, family and health, while raising funds for organizations in need. After years, of discussing the idea for a 5K, in March 2014 Romero decided to take the initiative of organizing the event himself. He partnered with the White Memorial Hospital the Variety Boys and Girls ...
Doctors writing at-risk patients "prescriptions" for healthy foods? The idea is catching on. The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) announced the expansion of a program that allows doctors at HHC’s Elmhurst and Bellevue Hospital Centers to write fruit and vegetable “prescriptions” to children who are overweight or obese to help improve access to healthy food and promote overall health and wellness in the community. First adopted by HHC hospitals in the South Bronx and Harlem last summer, the Wholesome Wave Fruit and Vegetable Prescription program (FVRx) proved successful in its first year when the program at HHC Harlem Hospital Center and HHC Lincoln Medical Center helped 40 percent of the enrolled children lower their Body Mass Index and more than half ...
Students attending KIPP Sunnyside High School in Houston, TX will soon see a new turf football field, thanks to a $50,000 grant it's received from the Houston Texans, through the National Football League (NFL) Foundation Grassroots Program---a partnership of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the NFL Foundation. According to a blog from HoustonTexans.com this is the ninth award of this kind to be made towards communities in the Houston area. This year alone, the NFL's Foundation Grassroots Program has awarded $2.5 million to go towards improvements such as lights, bleachers, scoreboards, goal posts, turf, and sprinkler systems. “These fields are useful in so many ways,” said Michael Rubinger, president and CEO of LISC in the article from ...
After learning that kids in Rosedale were at a high risk for childhood obesity, the Rosedale Development Association (RDA) decided it was time to do something about it. They learned that the community wanted more trails so they hired an expert who developed plans for a hike & bike nature trail to connect the community to parks and other key spots. With support from various groups and the local government, the RDA built over 2.3 miles of nature trail, all at a minimal expense. Families and children in the community are already benefitting from the trail and the group continues expanding the Rozarks trail network.
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Awareness: The Rosedale Development Association (RDA), a Kansas City, Kan., non-profit community development corporation, has worked since the 1940s to solve ...
In the Latino community, we love to share delicious home-cooked meals with our family and friends. But sometimes it’s hard to plan a meal that’s both satisfying and healthy. Do Latinos have to sacrifice bold traditional flavors to ensure their family has a well-balanced meal? Certainly not! With a little planning, openness, and creativity, Latinos can prepare tasty dishes the whole family will love. Join us and our co-hosts as we tweet about healthy cooking and Latino foods at the next #SaludTues Tweetchat. WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Healthier Recipes for Latino Foods”
DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014
TIME: Noon CST (1:00 PM ET)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
Co-HOSTS: @SaludToday, @ClaudiaZapata! We'll open the floor to your stories and ...
Groups in Milwaukee are coming together to create a fair, local food system that allows healthy food access to all residents. Outpost Natural Foods, a consumer-owned grocery co-op in the metro Milwaukee area, has given the city of Milwaukee Office of Sustainability’s “HOME GR/OWN Milwaukee” $20,000 to be used to transform vacant lots into food gardens. According to the city of Milwaukee's website, HOME GR/OWN Milwaukee empowers residents to transform neighborhoods by re-purposing vacant lots into community assets that spark new economic opportunities around local, healthy food production and distribution. “I thank Outpost’s owners and staff for their generosity in funding this new public/private partnership between my HOME GR/OWN initiative and Outpost. Our goals are ...
You're invited to join a webinar exploring the current state of U.S. obesity and related health disparities, and the latest efforts to combat the problem. Register here for the webinar at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. The webinar, hosted by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and Voices for Healthy Kids, will discuss a summary, key findings, and the latest research on obesity's toll related to health disparities from a recent report, The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America. The report found that adult obesity rates increased in six states over the past year and did not decrease in any. Furthermore, significant geographic, income, racial, and ethnic disparities persist, with obesity rates highest in the South and among Blacks, Latinos, and ...
Sports 4 Life, a new grant initiative sponsored by the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) and ESPNw is expanding sports opportunities for Latina and African American girls, ages 11-18. By providing $5,000, $10,000, and $100,000 grants to qualifying sports programs across the US, Sports 4 Life, aims to help close the gender and race/ethnicity inequality gaps that exist around physical activity. According to the Sports 4 Life page, girls who play sports are more likely to have a positive body image, to be in good health, and more likely to have lower obesity rates. They also have a higher chance of getting better grades, graduating from high school and going on to college. In addition to fostering good health and improving accessibility to sports, all Sports 4 Life funded programs will ...
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) released a new study on retail stores’ promotion of candy, soda, and other unhealthy foods at checkout. The study, “Sugar Overload: Retail Checkout Promotes Obesity,” found that a wide array of chain stores—ranging from supermarkets and drug stores to hardware and toy stores—push sugary and salty junk food on people as they wait in line. The study recommends that non-food stores stop selling food and drinks at checkout and that food stores adopt nutrition standards for the foods they sell at checkout. Click here to learn more and to download the one-page summary or the full ...
