Check out this video about the great fitness and healthier eating going on at Carroll Bell Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, a mainly Latino city. This video is from the Alliance for a Healthier ...
Read MoreLatinos have among the highest rates of obesity in the United States. A new web forum series, “Why Obesity Is Important to the Latino Community,” is launching at 12:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, April 16, 2013, focusing on the Latino community and obesity and overweight prevention. The series, organized by the Public Health Institute (PHI) of California, will air on PHI's Dialogue4Health web platform in both English and Spanish. Presenters will: Outline the epidemiology of obesity in accessible terms, and the underlying factors contributing to the obesity epidemic; Elaborate upon the link between obesity prevention and other social issues; Discuss the role of community empowerment through leadership and capacity building for policy advocacy and systems change; and Provide ...
Read MoreIn the movie The Killing Strain, Juan "Rick" Carrillo plays a soldier who escapes a helicopter crash to lead a small group of flu-epidemic survivors to safety. On screen, he was a tough, nothing-can-stop-him hero. Off screen, though, Carrillo struggled fighting the elements—mountain cedar had him blowing his nose, taking antihistamines and using his inhaler between takes. “I wasn’t feeling 100%, but the scenes captured during filming were very effective in telling the story of this gutsy soldier,” Carrillo said. “This always reminds me the great power a camera has on creating a world for audiences to absorb and be part of.” Today, Carrillo is putting his acting and film-making experience to work as a TV producer/director for the Institute for Health Promotion ...
Read MoreA predominantly Latino region of South Texas is the most obese area of the United States for the third year in a row. Residents of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area have a 38.5% rate of obesity, according to a new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Along with McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas; Reading, Pa.; and Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio, are among the 10 areas with the highest obesity rates for three years in a row. Nationwide, 26.2% of American adults were obese in 2012, unchanged from 26.1% in 2011. Residents of the cities with the highest obesity rates receive on average lower annual wages and are less likely to be able to consistently afford food and healthcare than residents of the cities with the lowest obesity rates, ...
Read MoreCheck out two new videos featuring experts calling for healthier food in schools and the need for healthier beverage recommendations. The videos are from the Robert Wood Johnson ...
Read MoreCheck out this fun new video about what Americans eat and the food supply. The video, from the National Collaborative on Child Obesity Research (NCCOR), features the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2010 is a scoring metric designed to measure diet quality. That is, how closely an eating pattern or mix of foods matches Dietary Guidelines for American's recommendations. Scientists from the National Cancer Institute conducted a study in which they applied the HEI-2010 to the U.S. food ...
Read MoreThe New Mexico Department of Health has launched a new Spanish-language help line, 1-855-DEJELO-YA, to help New Mexicans to quit smoking. The service, called DejeloYa, is free to all participants and includes coaching to quit; a personalized quit plan; free nicotine patches, lozenges, or gum; and optional text messaging support. A Spanish-language website augments the phone ...
Read MoreA trio of experts discussed Latino cancer issues, including disparities, cancer myths, and health care issues in a webinar April 4, 2013, for National Minority Health Month. Speakers were: Amelie Ramirez, DrPH, director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Elena Rios, MD, MPH, president of the National Hispanic Medical Association Rosa Villoch-Santiago, MPA, director of health disparities for the American Cancer Society’s South Atlantic Division Ramirez indicated that the rising U.S. Latino population faces heightened risks of certain cancer, compared to whites, according to a Saludify news report. Ramirez also said Latino cancers are expected to rise 142% by 2030. She also highlighted ways to reduce and prevent ...
Read MoreWhen Albert Hernandez made a bet with a co-worker to lose his extra weight, his wife, Adriana Hernandez, joined him, and they experience success supporting each other's weight-loss goals, according to a new video about the Latino couple from Kaiser Permanente. The couple began measuring their food and keeping track of what they ate. When they started to see results, they began an exercise regimen as well. "The secret to my success is my wife," Albert said, according to Kaiser Permanente. After losing more than 50 pounds, Albert and his wife feel great. "I think just about anybody with a little support and commitment could lose the weight," Albert ...
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