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A healthy summer is just around the corner! However, it's not always easy for some families to keep healthy meals available while schools out. If you or anyone you know is looking looking for a healthy alternative to provide healthy meals during the summer months, check out the latest Summer Feeding Programs in your area. Click here to find where you can get a free meal for kids 18 and ...
WIC, Texas Agriculture Department and The Food Bank-RVG, are teaming up to make fresh farmers' market foods available to local Latino moms. The local valley news has stated that the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program and has been successfully engaging WIC clients and changing their eating habits. “I love the idea of being able to get freshly picked vegetables with these vouchers,” Maria Calvo, a WIC participant from Raymondville, said. “It’s important for my children to eat healthy at a young age.” To see all the states where this program is active, check out the WIC Farmers' Market Program. The active Farmers' Markets in the valley are: Pharrmers Market, at the Food Bank RGV, Weslaco, McAllen Farmers Market at the McAllen Public Library, and Brownsville Farmers ...
How can city leaders promote healthy living among constituents? Why not host a 2-mile community walk, the way San Antonio Councilman Mike Gallagher has organized for June 2015? Events such as these are a great for engaging constituents in important discussions about local policies and they demonstrate just how important it is to make active living the norm for Latino communities. The event is set to take place on: Date: Saturday, June 27th, 2015
Place: Comanche Lookout Park, 15551 Nacogdoches Rd. For more information and to RSVP call: ...
Farmers' markets are a great place to buy fresh, often locally-grown healthy produce. However, farmers' markets sometimes have a reputation for being pricey and not welcoming to low-income folks. Programs across the country are changing this by allowing SNAP participants to use their food benefits at markets and some markets are gaining the capability to double SNAP participants' dollars when they buy fresh, healthy produce. The Montclair Farmers' Market in New Jersey is the latest market to offer better access to healthy foods. In addition to accepting SNAP payments through the area agencies Partners for Health and City Green, the market will match all purchases made with the supplemental food programs via its "Double Bucks" initiative up to $10, meaning that an individual ...
How 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 ...
Improved technology, like smart phones and tablets, is often blamed for increasing unhealthy, sedentary lifestyles in children, especially Latino children. But what if this technology could be used to actually promote healthy living? Learn how a non-profit in Austin, Texas created a free mobile App that connects folks ready to get healthier with countless opportunities right in their backyard. EMERGENCE Awareness: Chances are most Texans know someone, even kids, with diet-related health conditions. In fact, 42.8% of 4th graders in Texas are overweight or obese. Making healthier lifestyle changes can make a big difference, especially for Latino kids, who make up a significant percentage of kids in Texas and are more likely to be overweight. Fortunately, IT’S TIME TEXAS (ITT) ...
San Antonio student Michaelie Love knows that, for many high school students, the hour before school begins is spent socializing or cramming for tests—not in the cafeteria eating a healthy breakfast. Breakfast is included in the federal school nutrition program and is free or reduced-price for students who qualify. Latinos represent more than one-fifth of students participating in this federal program, but are they showing up for breakfast? Health professionals say skipping breakfast before school can lead to poor academic performance and unhealthy over-eating later in the day. Love wanted to make eating breakfast at school easy, healthy, and cool.
Breakfast Habits among Youth
The North East Independent School District (NEISD) is the second-largest school district in San ...
The zoo isn’t exactly a place of health (for humans), with typical fare like popcorn, ice cream, cotton candy, and sugary drinks. However, in El Paso, TX, kids and visitors of all ages are learning fun facts about how they can be healthy by copying habits, like eating fruits and vegetables, from animals. In 2012, the El Paso Zoo installed new signs and healthy menu items to promote good health for its record-breaking 354,130 visitors, and they continue to work with city public health officials to make a healthy lifestyle second nature to the community. EMERGENCE
Awareness: In 2010, El Paso, Texas, a vibrant a city with a rich culture at the west-most point of the state, was named the “third-fattest city” in the U.S. Sue Beatty, a health education and training manager ...
From PowerPoint presentations to outlines to thick textbooks, there are many ways students learn about the world while at school. Rarely do they get the chance to learn by actually solving real-world problems—let alone problems that directly affect their lives. Learn how a high school teacher merged academics with activism and rallied his students to bring healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables into their underserved neighborhood.
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Awareness: While listening to the radio one day, San Antonio resident and high school teacher Rick Treviño got an idea. He was listening to a news story about how a group in Michigan started a Double Up Food Bucks program at local farmers’ market as a way to allow low-income folks to put their federal food assistance toward healthy ...