Niños de bajos recursos son más propensos a ser obesos según un estudio por JAMA Pediatrics, reporta Univision Noticias. El estudio revelo que entre los niños de edad pre-escolar de familias de escasos recursos el número de obesidad ha subido desde 1998 en comparación a niños de familias adineradas, quienes han tenido una reducción en los índices de obesidad. "Al dividir a los niños por grupos socioeconómicos, aparece que el aumento es bastante grande en los de familias más pobres", dijo Ashlesha Datar, de la University of Southern California, en Los Ángeles a Univision Noticias. El estudio analizo datos de casi 17,000 niños que ingresaron al jardín infantil en 1998 y los comparo con datos de 15,500 niños que ingresaron en el 2010. El estudio revelo que ...
Youth leaders from the Amarillo Activity Youth Center (AAYC) and the Amarillo Public Health Department are excited to announce the launch of a new healthy lifestyle program, available for free to kids ages 6-12. The 10 week Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, and Do it (MEND) program will be available starting in March 2015. In a NewsChannel 10 report, Casie Stoughton, Director of the Public Health Department said that her department was collaborating with several community partners to make the program available to children. "We will help provide families some training and hands on work to change some patterns into a more healthy lifestyle," said Stoughton. Families will attend two-hour sessions twice a week for ten weeks. The program is funded through the Harrington Cancer ...
Leaders from across the US are bringing healthy change to their part of the country by joining the Let's Move Cities, Towns, and Counties (LMCTC) initiative. According to a National League of Cities (NLC) blog, since January 2014, in addition to over 1,800 communities who started making healthy changes, eleven LMCTC communities completed all the requirements necessary to earn gold medals in five different health categories. The eleven communities who have committed to growing healthy change include: Beaumont, TX - Councilmember Dr. Alan B. Coleman
Annapolis, MD – Mayor Michael Pantelides
Columbia, SC – City Council Member Tameika Isaac Devine
Columbus, OH – Mayor Michael B. Coleman
Fontana, CA – Mayor Acquanetta Warren
Knox County, TN – Mayor Tim ...
Communities, parents, and partners in Houston, Texas and throughout the nation are learning to use the YMCA's Community Healthy Living Index (CHLI) tool in order to bring healthy changes to their community. According to a Texas YMCA blog, the Texas State Alliance of YMCAs is working to support the implementation of a 2013 state policy (HB 1018) which requires School Health Advisory Councils (SHACs)---parent-led school district level committees---to establish a subcommittee dedicated to improving access to physical activity and fitness in public schools. As part of the YMCA's Activate America, Pioneering Healthier Communities (PHC) initiative, between 2012-2013 the YMCA of the Greater Houston area partnered with Houston based non-profit Healthy Living Matters (HLM) to engage 16 ...
In 2010 Ohio became the first state in the country to turn the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Competitive Foods and Beverages Guidelines, which outline nutritional criteria for snacks and beverages sold in school, into law. Cincinnati Public School District began to make their changes according to this law in 2010 by re-evaluating their vending machine contracts. Jessica Shelly, Food Service Director, found vending machines all over campuses throughout the district. Many were not monitored well and there was nothing being done to keep track of the many different brands/types of machines placed throughout the district. School leaders decided to wipe the slate clean, getting rid of all vending machines and putting out a new request for proposal for machines with timers and ...
Students at schools across Boise, Idaho are staying fit thanks to two new mobile playgrounds and free programming offered by the city's Parks and Recreation Department. In an Idaho Statesmen news article, Chris Camacho, a recreation coordinator with Boise's Parks and Recreation department, said that some kids might not be able to otherwise afford after school activities.Therefore, bringing after school programming directly to them through the mobile rec is a great way to address gaps in recreation services offered to children. Kay Mack, a retired employee of the Parks and Recreation Department, said she dreamed up the idea for the mobile rec over 15 years ago, but the vision only became a reality in 2008. Before launching the mobile playground the city worked with the National ...
Latinos make up 15% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients nationwide. In Delaware, lawmakers are considering restricting unhealthy food purchases with SNAP funds. SNAP already has some restrictions. According to the USDA, recipients cannot use the assistance to buy beer, wine, liquor, cigarettes or tobacco; any nonfood items; vitamins and medicines; any food that will be eaten in the store; and hot foods. However, among the items food stamps can be used to purchase are soft drinks, energy drinks, candy, cookies, cakes, snack crackers and ice cream. Law makers in Delaware see banning certain junk foods as a public health issue, part of the state's effort to promote wellness and reduce obesity. The bill is expected to be introduced in the State House ...
If you're looking for a great resource to bring more active spaces to your community, checkout the Playing Smart toolkit. This resource created in partnership by ChangeLabSolutions and KaBoom! provides much you'll need to know about shared use agreements. The toolkit features information on: the relationship between shared-use of land and physical activity,
shared use case studies,
ways to overcome liability concerns,
resources for financing shared use initiatives and
sample shared use agreements. Access the Playing Smart National Joint Use Toolkit here. For more on shared use agreements visit the ChangeLabSolutions, joint-use ...
When school's out and summer vacation hits, many students who rely on free or reduced price lunches at school are left without proper daily nutrition. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s summer meals programs, including the Summer Food Service Program and the National School Lunch Program's Seamless Summer Option, ensure that low-income children who rely on school meals can receive the nutritious food they need during the summer months so they are healthy and ready to learn when they return to school in the fall. But the number of kids who participate in these programs is small, especially in certain states. For example, in Illinois nearly 800,000 kids receive free or reduced price lunch in school, but only 11 percent of eligible Illinois children ...
