Access to healthier foods is vital for Latino families who may be more at risk for health-related diseases. Local Foods, Local Places (LFLP), a federal initiative has planned to help increase access to healthier foods and help revitalize 27 communities through local food enterprises. The partner community works with experts to help community members access local opportunities for revitalizing downtowns and neighborhoods. The communities selected for assistance in 2016 were chosen from more than 300 applicants. Some assistance and support will be directed towards changes in: Williamson, W. Va. for healthier food and healthcare systems, with access to healthier foods and access to health care
Rocky Moun, N.C. for new farmer's markets and urban community gardens, and affordable ...
A new bilingual ad campaign targets 86 million Americans with prediabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 90% of people with prediabetes don’t know they have it and aren’t aware of the long-term risks to their health, including type 2 diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. Among Latinos, more than 16% have type 2 diabetes, compared to only 10.2% of non-Latino whites, according to the American Diabetes Association. Medical experts suggest that if current trends continue, 15-30% of Americans with prediabetes will develop diabetes within five years. But, with plenty of exercise, weight loss and diet change prediabetes can be reversed.
The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is one great way to get on track ...
Did you know that thirty grams of orange juice could contain as much sugar as three donuts? Sweetened beverages like soda, juice and lemonades are dangerous to a child's health in many ways, including their oral health. Sugary beverages can fuel cavity-causing bacteria. Delta Dental of Colorado has been informing families about the dangers of these sugary sweetened beverages with their Cavities Get Around Campaign. This campaign is helping mom's find sugar-free or low sugar alternatives that help in keeping their child happy and hydrated along with preventing oral health risks. To learn more click here, or use their bilingual ...
According to the Journal of the American Heart Association (AHA), consuming healthy fats like polyunsaturated fats can help reduce bad cholesterol levels in the blood, associated with lower risk of heart disease and stroke. Examples of healthy fats include foods like soybeans, avocado, corn, tofu, nuts, seeds, fatty fish, and sunflower oils. Unhealthy fats, such as trans fats, are usually found in processed foods, like baked and fried foods and found from street food vendors in countries like India. Deaths resulting from excess consumption of these unhealthy trans fats represented 7.7 percent of global heart disease deaths. The new research from AHA shows how consuming more healthy fats and reducing trans fats could also help save lives by preventing heart disease ...
Alabama Legislature passed the Healthy Food Financing Act in May 2015, that revolutionized and expanded incentives to renovate grocery stores and fresh food retailers to offer more healthy fresh food options. Not only would the Bill provide more access to fresh foods, but also create opportunities to help increase local jobs, explained Sen. Greg Reed in a recent article. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) will administer the funds and announced on January 21st, 2016 to commit to set aside new funds towards the implementation of the program. Sen. Reed went on to say that the revolving fund for the Healthy Food Financing Program will be helpful to local economies as it adds additional local grocery stores and fresh food retailers. The stores will ...
In 2012, My Daughter's Kitchen started by Maureen Fitzgerald began cooking classes to help students discover how to make meals from scratch. After partnering with the Vetri Community Partnership, the program began to expand to an after-school cooking program and the program has expanded to schools across the years. Making fresh foods on a low budget, students learn how to cook and prepare fresh tasty dishes for eight weeks in the fall and spring classes. They are able to make the meals from start to finish and then taste test the dishes in a family-style setting. Now more than eighteen schools across Philadelphia are enjoying the after-school classes. Many teachers are getting involved as volunteers, and now some schools are able to offer two classes per week. Learn more about ...
This February 18, 2016, Food Forward will hold an event at the Florida Atlantic University about healthier, sustainable and cost-effective meals for schools and institutions. Participants will also learn how one institution cut food costs by 20 percent and gained $165,000 of free publicity.
Click Here for more info and to sign up! Seats are available on a first come first serve basis. The event is for any and all foodservice professionals.
The event is free and includes: Breakfast and meet & greet
Thought-provoking presentations and panel discussions
Cooking demonstration and luncheon
A complimentary 270-page cookbook, posters, and more* When: February 18, 2016, 9:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. at the Florida Atlantic University.
Address:
Majestic Palm Room UN 31 Room ...
ALDI has pledged to become the first United States supermarket chain to remove junk food from all checkout areas. On January 12, 2016, the discount retail grocer announced that all checkout lanes will offer healthier items reduced in calories, fat, sugars and sodium. The checkout lanes across ALDI's 1,500 locations are to be stocked by the end of 2016 with items like single serve nuts, trail mixes, dried fruits and various low sugar granola bars. The first stores that will see the promised changes include St. Louis, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Minneapolis. The Center for Science in the Public Interest has reported that temptations of junk food, especially placed at kid's eye level are hard to resist for shoppers and children, who's willpower is fatigued after hours ...
Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner stated in a recent video, "The number one killer of both men and women, in the U.S and right here in Baltimore City is heart disease." Wen explained that childhood obesity is an epidemic in the nation and in their city, and a large contributor of this problem is children's daily consumption of sugary-sweetened beverages. According to a recent article, Wen stated that one in three school-aged children in Baltimore are overweight and one in four children drink one or more sodas a day. Latino children are disproportionally at a higher risk for obesity, diabetes and heart disease, not to mention that they are also larger consumers of sugary-sweetened beverages, studies show. About 22 percent of Latino high-school students have ...
