Did you know Applebees and IHOP restaurants have taken soda off kids menus and New York City Restaurants now show consumers which items are high in sodium? Choosing the healthier option when eating out can sometimes be confusing as most restaurant foods have high levels of either fat, sugar or sodium. MomsRising.org and Center for Science in the Public Interest are holding a #FoodFri Tweet Chat, Friday, December 18th, 10-11am PT/1-2pm ET to discuss how to eat healthfully while eating out. Participants will offer helpful suggestions for eating out, discuss efforts to improve restaurant kids' menus, and highlight ways to support access to healthier options in the community. To join this discussion, follow #FoodFri on ...
Many people, including Latinos, live in areas with poor access to supermarkets and easy access to corner stores, also called tiendas or bodegas. Research indicates that when corner stores offer a wider selection of healthy foods and promote them, people are more likely to buy them and eat healthier, according to our new infographic on tiendas/bodegas, which is part of the new Salud America! Better Food in the Neighborhood research package on the latest science and recommendations on healthy food options. Share this infographic ...
Many news media outlets covered the release of the new Salud America! Better Food in the Neighborhood research package on Dec. 8, 2015. The new research package offers an in-depth review of the latest science on the U.S. food environment and recommendations. KSAT-TV in San Antonio covered the research as part of its Making Awesome Changes series, which partners with Salud America! to feature people who are driving healthy changes to benefit the health of children and families. Here are a few other top stories: NBC News: Latino Neighborhoods Have Fewer Supermarkets, Less Healthy Options
Latina Lista: Research: Latino Families Have Worse Access to Healthy Food
Medical News Today: Research: Latino families struggle to access to healthy food See all the research ...
Did you know Latino neighborhoods have one-third as many supermarkets as non-Latino ones? Research indicates that adding supermarkets improves access to healthy food and boosts economic vitality in areas where families experience financial hardships, according to our new infographic on supermarkets, which is part of the new Salud America! Better Food in the Neighborhood research package on the latest science and recommendations on healthy food options for families. Also, kids’ body weight outcomes improved when the number of chain supermarkets in their neighborhood increased. Share this infographic ...
Latinos tend live in neighborhoods with few supermarkets and other sources of healthy, affordable food options, but several promising solutions are emerging, according to a new package of research from Salud America!, a national network for childhood obesity prevention and communication funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Salud America!’s Better Food in the Neighborhood research package includes an in-depth review of the latest science on the U.S. food environment and recommendations based on that research. It also includes an issue brief, animated video, and infographics. The research shows that Latino neighborhoods have one-third as many supermarkets as non-Latino ones, corner stores with few healthy options, and more marketing of unhealthy foods. Promising ways to ...
What will happen to the future environment? How are leaders, restaurants, and communities impacting food in neighborhoods? Use #SaludTues to tweet with us on Dec. 8, 2015, as we unveil the results of a new study that explores the ways we can envision a healthier food environment for neighborhoods and communities. WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Envisioning a Healthier Food Environment
TIME/DATE: 1-2 p.m., ET, Dec. 8, 2015
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludAmerica
CO-HOSTS: Food Corps (@FoodCorps); Voices for Healthy Kids (@Voices4HK) We’ll open the floor to your stories and experiences as we explore: The results of a new research package, "Better Food in the Neighborhood," by Salud America!, the team behind the #SaludTues tweetchats.
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Walking down the grocery store aisle is hard when there are temptations for junk foods and sodas on discount, but what if milk or apples were on sale? A new study was developed to analyze healthy food promotions and how they could possibly impact consumers purchasing power for healthier foods. Researchers developed and analyzed an Eat Right-Live Well campaign placed in supermarkets where healthier foods were promoted through signage, product labeling, in-store taste testings, employee training and nutrition education. The campaign was analyzed through sales data from two supermarkets in low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore across a three year period. Researchers from Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins 's Carey Business School and Center for a Liveable future saw a ...
Studies have shown over-consumption of sugary beverages is linked to health risks like diabetes and obesity. Healthier options are a must for kids menu's. Helping parents and kids to make the easy choice the healthy choice when dining out, the company behind Applebee's and IHOP restaurants, has decided to completely remove the option of soda on their kid's menus. This is the first family-dining restaurant to promote and incorporate this change throughout their national chain of restaurants. Organizations like Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), MomsRising, the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (Rudd Center) and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, along with many other organizations support have made these changes possible. They have ...
It’s the time of the year when we’re feeling grateful for being healthy, having a loving family and a job, but do you know gratitude can also keep your heart healthy? A study led by Paul Mills, professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine recruited 186 men and women who suffered from heart disease “either through years of sustained high blood pressure or as a result of a heart attack or even an infection of the heart itself.” During the study, Mills asked each participant to fill out a questionnaire to rate how grateful they were for the people, places or things in their lives. “We found that more gratitude in these patients was associated with better mood, better sleep, less fatigue and lower levels of ...
