Parks are a great way to be active and help combat obesity. July is Park and Recreation Month! You can learn how to get to your nearest park and get on the move with the latest fun park activities. The website shows map where local parks are that may be offering free programming such as: Zumba, concerts, dance classes, concerts, cooking classes, and more! Click here, find the map and get moving to the fun park activities ...
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En los próximos cinco años, el 40 por ciento de nuevos hogares será formado por latinos. De acuerdo a Hispanics & Home Ownership: Closing the Gap, un nuevo reporte por el Demand Institute, más de cuatro millones de latinos en Estados Unidos, tiene el sueño de ser propietario de su propio hogar, pero solo 1.5 millones de Hispanos estarán financieramente preparados para tomar ese paso, dejando a 2.5 millones de Hispanos sin perspectivas de poder comprar una casa. Ingresos suficientes al igual, un buen nivel de crédito y buen enganche son varios de los obstáculos que los latinos enfrentan a la hora de comprar una casa. “Los hispanos fueron golpeados muy duro por la crisis financiera y la burbuja inmobiliaria, haciendo que el panorama para muchos de hispanos ...
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Un tercio de los adultos en Estados Unidos sufre de síndrome metabólico, siendo los Latinos los más afectados, reporta Latina Magazine. Cerca del 39% de los Latinos sufre de este síndrome a comparación con el 37.4 % de los blancos y 35.5% de los Afro-Americanos. El síndrome metabólico es también conocido como la “tormenta perfecta,” ya que representa una serie de enfermedades cardiovasculares como alta presión, altos niveles de azúcar y colesterol. Lo que es alarmante para los médicos e investigadores es que la probabilidad de padecer de síndrome metabólico incrementa con la edad. La mitad de las mujeres latinas mayores de 60 años padece de este síndrome. “Esto es concertante porque sabemos que la población de los Estados Unidos está ...
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De acuerdo a un nuevo estudio sobrevivientes de cáncer de próstata que tienden a tener una dieta “occidental,” fuerte en carnes rojas, queso y pan blanco están a un más alto riesgo de volver a tener cáncer, reporta NBC Health. Según los expertos esta es una evidencia más que la dieta típica “Americana,” puedo causar desde problemas cardiovasculares hasta Alzhéimer. Una de las dietas más recomendadas por doctores y expertos en la materia es la “Mediterránea,” rica en frutas y vegetales, aceite de olivo, pescado y granos. “Nuestros resultados demuestran que las mismas recomendaciones que se le hacen a la población en general para prevenir problemas cardiovasculares también pueden disminuir el riesgo de muerte a causa de cáncer de próstata entre ...
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The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living have multiple programs and projects that promote healthy living. Active-Play Active Learning (APAL) is just one of the many healthy programs that encourages healthy changes for kids. APAL is a school-based initiative that allows kids to become more active in recess and school time. APAL is incorporated through three main approaches: Classroom Brain Breaks- brief activity breaks that support academic learning and contribute active class transitions. School Playground Markings- beautified playground areas with locomotor markings that encourage learning and activity during recess and class time. Peer-Led Games- five to ten minute student led games. Three times a year teachers are trained with interactive games and ...
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More than 27,000 people across the nation recently wrote letters to urge Taco Bell to quit pushing sugary drinks and add healthier drink options, like low- or no-fat milk. The letters highlighted Taco Bell’s recent beverage rollout of sugar-filled drinks, like the favorite Manzanita Sol, and subsequent aggressive marketing of these drinks on social media. Letters were collected by Salud America!, an obesity research and communication network funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Salud America! leaders delivered 27,748 letters to Taco Bell this week. We will post their response here in coming days. Why is this effort so important? Studies find that Latino kids already drink more sugary drinks each day than their white peers, and have higher rates of ...
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June is National Fruit and Vegetable month. Doctors recommend an average of 2 cups a day of veggies, but many eat less. How can we change that? Join us along with USDA-Choose My Plate and FoodCorps to come up with ways we can make vegetables more accessible to more people, and how grocery stores and cities can also play a role in that process. WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: DATE: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 TIME: Noon CST (1:00 PM ET) WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues HOST: @SaludToday CO-HOSTS: @MyPlate @FoodCorps Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter/X and share your stories and resources. #SaludTues is a Tweetchat on Twitter/X that focuses on a variety of different health issues. From September 2014 to March 2021, ...
Read MoreIn El Paso, Texas, kids are priority No. 1 thanks to a community-school partnership that prioritizes physical activity and health for children. The El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) created and its Get HIP Now program to provide elementary- and middle-school students with integrated school health programming, alongside before- and after-school physical activity. Physical Inactivity in Schools Awareness: As early as 2005, leaders at the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD), an 83% Latino school district in El Paso, Texas, were becoming aware of student obesity issues. It seemed obvious that students could benefit from improvements to physical activity programing, according to John Adams, a P.E. instructor at the time who would eventually become the EPISD ...
Read MoreHow do you get an entire city of people to get up and moving? Build them new trails and places to walk! That’s what happened when Angela Mora and other El Paso city officials teamed with community groups to gather a small budget and launch Move! El Paso Fitness Trails. The initiative created 13 new walking trails for the community, expanding the opportunities for people to walk, get moving, and reduce obesity! The Struggle to Stay Active in El Paso Angela Mora, deputy director of the El Paso Public Health Department, was well aware of the city’s growing obesity problem. A lack of physical activity opportunities was a big reason for these obesity rates. A few years ago, about 29% of adults in El Paso County were physically inactive, compared to state and national averages ...
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