Most superstar figures or famous actresses and athletes have advertised some type of unhealthy beverage for million dollar endorsements, but not for NBA's basketball 2015 MVP star player, Stephen Curry, who is focused on health for kids. Stephen Curry wants to be a healthy role model for kids and has signed a contract for health-focused marketing with Brita water. Curry is the first in sports history, according to a recent article, that has said no to being a spokesperson for unhealthy sugary beverage advertisements. Latino kids consume 2 to 3 more sugary beverages a day compared to white kids. It is important for children to know what health looks like, and many children tend to look up to their favorite athletes and mimic their actions. Knowing more about water and having ...
You may have heard the saying: “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but what if your doctor actually prescribed fruits and vegetables for what ails you? In Forest Grove, Ore. (23.1% Latino) a health clinic and farmers market teamed up to help prevent obesity and fight disease by providing patients with prescriptions for healthy foods. Fruits and vegetables are what the doctor ordered, as Forest Grove Latino families visit their local healthcare providers to eat their way to healthier futures.
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Awareness: Kaely Summers, nutrition, and market access coordinator of Adelante Mujeres, a nonprofit that organizes a farmers’ market in Forest Grove, Ore. (23.1%), was well aware of the dietary health issues faced by community residents. U.S. Latinos tend to have less ...
"Sugary beverages are the number one source of sugar in our diets", stated May Okihiro, a local Pediatrician speaking in a film about the need for the new water bottle filling stations in the state of Hawai'i. The partnership between the University of Hawai'i Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine and Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i has provided a water bottle filling station to 25 schools in the state and reusable water bottles for the students. The partnership hopes to incorporate educational awareness about healthier beverage consumption as a part of the school's wellness policies. All students received a colorful new water bottle, encouraging them to use it daily at the water bottle refilling station. The Be Well @ School project is an initiative for the Hawaiian schools to offer ...
The new 'Great Living' menu has arrived for patients at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, where food service providers are changing foods to focus on heart-healthy options. Mashed potatoes are being swapped for mashed cauliflower, whole-wheat hamburger buns are now on burgers instead of white buns. Heart-healthy options like quinoa, couscous, and bulgur wheat are being used in dishes instead of white rice. The center wants to keep menu options familiar and offer healthier substitutes that are minimal fat, sugar, and sodium, with no trans fat. For instance, chocolate cupcakes are now being made with black beans and tuna salads are being nixed on the mayo. The Medical Center offers suggestions through greatist.com for anyone to try a few healthier recipes. They also suggest the ...
Fresh produce can be a rare commodity in Nogales, Ariz. (95% Latino), where 17% of children are food insecure. Yolanda Soto saw the need for Latino homes and families all across Arizona to have fresh produce to improve nutrition and fight obesity. When Soto saw still-edible fresh produce being dumped into landfills every day, she had an idea for a fresh produce distribution program that rescues this food and provides it to food, insecure families. The program, Produce on Wheels - With Out Waste (P.O.W.W.O.W), now gives families, churches, communities and schools more access to fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be considered garbage.
Food a Crisis in Nogales
Yolanda Soto started helping Latino families in food-insecure areas of Nogales, Ariz. (95% ...
Food has long been used to maintain a healthy diet, and a healthier lifestyle, but the same is true when it comes to an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Food plays a huge role in determining the future health of an individual. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, approximately 7.9 million children live in food-insecure households in 2014. Knowing the importance of healthier foods, ProMedica Health and Wellness Center, is working to treat 1,500 patients a day. This new company is the first pharmacy of it's kinds, opening their doors to the idea of food as a preventive medicine. Patients who enter the pharmacy are offered fresh, frozen and canned foods, as well as nutrition education, healthy recipes, and referrals to community programs. Since April 2015, ProMedica ...
The Minneapolis Health Department is working on educating schools and consumers to 'ReThink Your Drink' when it comes to sugar-sweetened beverages. Dentists associations are also taking a stand to bring more knowledge on the issue and supporting the campaign. The 'ReThink Your Drink' campaign, popular in other cities in Calif., and now across many state's public health departments has become a slogan for healthier beverage consumption education. Educational resources are provided online by many sites, and can also be found at the California Health Department sites, which include guide materials to use at and festivals, along with helpful recipes on how to make healthier beverage alternatives. The campaign is educational and the public health department hopes to help University ...
California teen Elena Dennis wanted to help kids have healthy diets, and what better way than to encourage them to learn how to make fresh foods? Dennis, while a high school senior, cooked up an idea for a camp that helps kids discover the fun of learning how to cook, and how to prepare and eat healthy foods from scratch. Bringing kids awareness of healthy foods, she also took the camp on local field trips to farms and farmers’ markets.
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Awareness: At the young age of 12, Elena Dennis of Novato, Calif. (23.1 % Latino), started developing a passion for cooking thanks to her father’s home-cooked meals and her attendance at Operation C.H.E.F., a nutrition-based cooking summer camp for kids and teens. “I’ve always been a believer in home-cooked meals, and my Dad taught ...
In Palm Desert, Calif. (22.8% Latino) the Desert Sands School Districts are encouraging students to have a hands-on education about agriculture, gardening, health benefits of plants and more. Incorporating science, math, nutrition, language arts and art, students are learning integral lessons about gardens, farming, and how to incorporate farm-to-table solutions for a healthier lifestyle. Starting in elementary schools like Ford Elementary School, where each class has their own gardens, to middle schools like La Quinta Middle school where students go on farm field trips, all the way up to high school like Palm Desert High School, where handicap students have had a garden for over six years. Incorporating a culture of health, students have been encouraged to use the vegetables, ...
