New healthy food and activity standards have been passed in Colorado child care centers thanks to the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) Office of Early Childhood and the Colorado Board of Health. Children will now have access to healthier foods, beverages, and enjoy more physical activity and less screen time. Rules set for the governing of licensed child care facilities are as follows: meals and snack must meet current USDA nutrition requirements
no sugary drinks are allowed except 100% juice, twice a week.
60 minutes of physical activity will be required, part time centers are required 30 mins a day of physical activity
Screen time will be limited to 30 minutes a week for TV, and 15-minute increments for tablets and computers for no more than 30 minutes a ...
Sponsored by Jeff Merkley (Dem) of Ore., a bill to amend Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) regarding reasonable break time for nursing mothers has been assigned to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The bill was originally introduced in the House in May 2013, but died. It is critical to support breastfeeding through policy rather than rhetoric. Nursing mothers face numerous individual, social and environmental barriers to breastfeeding, which is why breastfeeding duration rates at three, six, and twelve months are drastically lower than breastfeeding initiation rates, particularly among Latina mothers. Breastfeeding is associated with numerous health benefits for mother and infant, such as reduced risk for obesity; ...
Did you know Latino neighborhoods often lack access to healthy affordable foods? Research indicates that when Latinos are given incentives like WIC subsidies and EBT purchasing power for healthy foods at farmer’s markets they are more likely to buy more fruits and vegetables, according to our new infographic on farmer's markets, which is part of the new Salud America! Better Food in the Neighborhood and Latino Kids research package on the latest science and policy recommendations on healthy food access among Latinos. Making it easier for farmer’s markets to sprout in food desert Latino communities through healthy food financing initiatives (e.g., tax credits, zoning incentives, and technical assistance), also helps Latinos buy more fruits and veggies. Share ...
Some Members of Congress, food companies, and trade organizations are urging Congress to roll back school nutrition. Have they considered what that would mean for kids’ health? Here are 9 reasons rolling back school nutrition is a bad idea. ...
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 Latino childhood obesity prevention funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Salud America!’s Better Food in the Neighborhood research package includes an in-depth review of the latest science on the U.S. Latino food environment and policy implications 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 ...
According to a report from the University of Maryland School of Public Health, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has significantly improved insurance coverage and healthcare for Latinos. The new report analyzed data from the 2011-2014 National Health Interview Survey. The data suggested that the ACA is significantly reducing racial and ethnic health disparities. “Since the ACA took effect in 2014, the rates of uninsured Latinos were reduced by 7% as compared to 3% for whites,” said Dr. Jie Chen assistant professor in the Department of Health Services Administration at Maryland. “We also found that these groups were more likely to visit a primary care doctor and receive timely healthcare than before the ACA coverage began.” Dr. Chen believed that the relatively smaller decline in ...
A false positive mammogram result may be an early indicator of future breast cancer, NBC Health reports. A study conducted by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, found “Women who got a false positive were 39 percent more likely to get breast cancer over the next 10 years than women who simply got a negative result on a mammogram.” "(These are) not entirely surprising findings as we have long known that women with benign breast disease on biopsy are at increased risk of developing breast cancer," Dr. Therese Beavers of the MD Anderson Cancer Center told NBC Health. The American Cancer Society recommends all women over the age of 45 to schedule an annual mammogram ...
Children in elementary schools all over the nation are following a 3rd to 5th-grade health curriculum called, Energy Balance 101, part of Together Counts, funded by Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation. The Healthy Weight Foundation has some very familiar CEO's funding the program from companies including PepsiCo, Kellogg, Hershey, Nestle, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Smucker and General Mills. Questions about the curriculum have come up in a recent article, as the educational materials do not point out the need to eat healthy foods, but instead encourages kids that they can eat whatever they like, as long as they "balance" their food choices with exercise. Unfortunately, many Latino kids are already dealing with obesity and possible health risks like pre-diabetes. Kids need information ...
@SaludToday, our Latino health social media handle at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center, was honored to be nominated for the Best Health Advocate reaching Latino(a)s through Tech Innovation and Social Media award from LATISM (Latinos in Social Media), a nonprofit group that empowers Latinos through tech innovation and social media. Although we didn't win (congrats to our friends at the American Heart Association!), we love being part of a huge push to improve Latino health. During the conference, SaludToday's social media coordinator, Carlos Valenzuela, was honored to speak on behalf of IHPR Director Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez about how we’re using using our social media accounts and digital communications via Salud America! to ...
