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 ...
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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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 ...
Kids are marketed to about candy and junk food, especially during fall celebrations, like Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. These sugary beverages and sweets do not produce a culture of health and well being, but are tempting during the holidays. Some kids are more at risk for diabetes and obesity. What can we do? Let’s use #SaludTues to tweet information, resources, and tips that can help kids and families reduce their risk of sugar and it’s dangers. Follow #SaludTues to join the conversation. WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Fall Celebrations & Candy Alternatives”
DATE: Tuesday, October 27, 2015
TIME: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludAmerica
CO-HOSTS: Center for Science in the Public Interest CSPI ...
Water bottle sales have nearly tripled compared to the falling rates of soda consumption, reports the New York Times. This prompts the question, do the studies showing the link between obesity and consumption of sugary beverages make an impact? J. Alexander M. Douglas Jr., president of Coca-Cola North America, was quoted in the same article: “Health and wellness are a major enduring trend and each brand has to compete in that environment." But healthier beverage options are not just trending across certain states. They are being proven as recent market reports show a noticeable decrease in soda consumption. Sugary beverage taxes are not popular in all states, as in California, but a growing amount of sugary beverage consumers may be realizing the health warnings associated ...
Some kids consume more sugary drinks than average. This contributes to high rates of overweight/obesity. What can be done? You're invited to join a webinar at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, Sept. 30, to learn about new local and national efforts to improve kids' access to healthy drinks. The webinar, sponsored by the national Council of La Raza (NCLR) and including Salud America!, is bringing together a panel of experts to highlight successful efforts from across the country to improve beverage choices and healthy environments in schools and other community settings: Rosalie P. Aguilar, MS, Project Coordinator, Salud America!
David Thomsen, Policy Analyst, Health Policy Project, NCLR
Anisha Patel, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Pediatrics, University of California, ...
