En promedio, los estadounidenses no están durmiendo lo suficiente de acuerdo con un reciente estudio realizado por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC). El estudio encontró que, en promedio, más del 60% de los latinos de entre 18 y 60 obtiene las horas recomendadas de sueño en comparación con los blancos (67%) y afroamericanos (54%). "Como nación, no estamos durmiendo lo suficiente," dijo el Dr. Wayne Giles, de la CDC. Según la CDC, dormir menos de 7 horas al día está asociado con un mayor riesgo de desarrollar presión arterial alta, enfermedades del corazón, y angustia mental. "Cambios en estilo de vida tales como ir a la cama a la misma hora todas las noches; despertarse a la misma hora cada mañana; y apagar o retirar televisores, ...
Not getting enough sleep at nights may be causing your junk food cravings, according to a study. After scanning 23 young adults after a normal night’s sleep and after a sleepless night researchers at UC Berkeley found “impaired activity in the sleep-deprived brain’s frontal lobe, which governs complex decision-making, but increased activity in deeper brain centers that respond to rewards. Moreover, the participants favored unhealthy snack and junk foods when they were sleep deprived.” “What we have discovered is that high-level brain regions required for complex judgments and decisions become blunted by a lack of sleep, while more primal brain structures that control motivation and desire are amplified,” said Matthew Walker, a UC Berkeley professor of psychology and ...
Stress has long been a risk factor associated with obesity in adults, and now a new study from researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York found that stressed Latino adults were more likely to have children with obesity as well. The data from the Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth) showed a relationship between child weight status in the Latino population and parental stress. "Obesity and chronic stress were both prevalent among this Latino population, with more than one-quarter (28%) of children ages 8-16 with obesity, and nearly one-third (29%) of their parents reporting high levels of stress," said Dr. Isasi in a report from News Medical. The study looked at Latinos living in the Bronx, Chicago, Miami and San Diego areas, and followed guidelines from the ...
Many people experience mental health issues. Let’s tweet about the education and access people have to mental health and wellness, as well as what challenges people face with addressing mental health issues: WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Mental Health”
DATE: Tuesday, October 28, 2014
TIME: Noon CT (1:00 PM ET)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludAmerica
CO-HOSTS: @APApsychiatric @SAMHSAgov 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, #SaludTues occurred weekly at noon CST every Tuesday. From April 2021 to November 2023, #SaludTues occurred ...
