Brockton, Massachusetts is considered a federally designated food desert. Food deserts are urban areas where it is difficult to find local farmers markets or grocery stores. Latino's make up about ten percent of the population in Brockton, and around 10 percent of the population is struggling with Diabetes. So how can Latinos prevent diabetes when they live in food deserts? How about offering Latino's a shopping experience where they can change chips for broccoli to get points? Or offering store credit to those whose weight or blood pressure has dropped? Jason Barbosa's family business, New Vicente's Tropical Grocery is making public health history. The new store will offer shoppers a truly healthy shopping experience. “You can’t just run a business and not feel that it’s ...
The U.S. population does not consume enough fruits and vegetables a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) concluded, NBC Health reports. Latinos in the U.S. consume even less fruits and vegetables than the national average. Most Hispanics consume less than two servings of fruit and vegetables per day. For its study, the CDC went through data from a national survey “to calculate just how close Americans come to meeting national recommendations.” "These results indicate that fewer than 18 percent of adults in each state consumed the recommended amount of fruit and fewer than 14 percent consumed the recommended amount of vegetables," Latetia Moore from the CDC and Frances Thompson from NCI write in the CDC’s ...
Over the years there has been multiple studies that show the links of consuming sugary drinks to healthcare problems, such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancers. A comprehensive report combined patterns of beverage consumption within 51 countries over 30 years with availability and consumption of sugar in 187 countries. This study revealed the first-ever global report on the effect of sugar-sweetened beverages on death rates. Studies showed that the United States was ranked second for death rates associated with sugary beverages. Latino kids drink more soda's and sugary beverages than their non-white peers and are even more likely to be affected. In fact, the report revealed that chronic disease was attributed to sugary beverages more in younger ...
Colorado (21% Latino) began providing free long-lasting reversible contraceptives in 2009 for teens and low-income women. By 2013, rates in unplanned pregnancy and teen pregnancy plummeted. Economist Isabel Sawhill said, “If we want to reduce poverty, one of the simplest, fastest and cheapest things we could do would be to make sure that as few people as possible become parents before they actually want to.” Teen pregnancy is associated with childhood obesity because teen mothers are less likely to finish high school or go to college and more likely to be poor and have worse health outcomes. Additionally, kids born to teen mothers are less likely to go to college and more likely to be poor and have worse health outcomes. Teen parents are more likely to become obese ...
Alzheimer’s kills more people than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined, Latin Post reports. Latinos are significantly affected by Alzheimer’s and are “1.5 times more likely than non-Latino whites to develop the disease. “ High blood pressure, stroke and heart disease are a few of the risk factors for Alzheimer’; health factors that affect a significant portion of elderly Hispanics. “It's time to raise the profile of Alzheimer's in the Latino community. Right now, Alzheimer's disease isn't thought of an urgent health issue within the community. Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity... these are all really seen as urgent issues within the Latino community, but Alzheimer's, for the longest time, has fallen by the wayside," Jason Resendez, Director of ...
Our bodies are designed to move. Our cities should be too. This report provides (1) evidence; (2) calls to action; (3) successful examples; and (4) tools and resources for creating active cities. Latino communities are disproportionately burdened by crime, traffic and lack of access to recreational areas. Consequently, Latinos are more inactive and have higher rates of obesity and diabetes. Active cities encourage people to move more, which is associated with a decrease in crime, pollution and traffic, as well as an increase in productivity, school performance, property values, health and well-being. Additionally, “redeveloping business areas to promote mixed use and walkability increased employment by 300 percent.” There are economic, safety, environmental, ...
To inform and educate the San Antonio community on just how much sugar is in the beverages people consume daily, health officials and community leaders partnered to launch the bilingual Sugar-Packed marketing campaign. After San Antonio’s previous attempts to tackle sugary drink consumption fizzled out, Nelson Wolff, judge of Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, and his partners reignited a campaign against sugar with hopes to change the way residents look at sugar in beverages and its effect on health. The campaign includes print and online materials, including a sugar calculator tool, educational brochures, and posters.
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Awareness: In 1997, Bexar County’s Health Collaborative formed as a coalition of health agencies that aim to improve the health status of the ...
Almost half of Latinos in the United States are not aware they suffer from high cholesterol, according a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, Univision News reports. According to the study only one-third of Latinos with high cholesterol receives treatment. Cholesterol and cardiovascular disease primarily affect Hispanics living in the U.S who have a higher propensity to suffer from diabetes, obesity and hypertension. “Being informed is the first step towards prevention, “said Dr. Carlos J. Rodriguez, lead researcher of the study. Researchers also found that high cholesterol is more common among Latino men (44%) than Latino women (40.5%), but only 28.1% of Latino men receive treatment. Doctors recommend knowing your cholesterol levels and to ...
South El Monte High School is a predominantly Latino High School located in Los Angeles, California. The School is located in a Latino working class community, with little access or education on obesity prevention. A chart from the local public health report shows the school as the highest ranked city with prevalence of diabetes at 34.5% for children. The students at South El Monte High School wanted to leave a lasting impression for future students in regards to having a healthier future. Working with Youth voices and the PTA, six students quickly grew an idea of how to help future students have better eating habits through a school garden, the SEMHS Greensleeves: Garden Project. The Team GreenSleeves, consists of six students: Vienna Z., Jocelyn R., Adriana T., Francisco ...
