Spending too much time in front of the TV may increase your risk of dying from a blood clot in the lung, the American Heart News reports. A Japanese study tracked 86,000 people for 19 years, and 59 died of a pulmonary embolism. This condition, stemming from inactivity, is caused by blood clots that travel to the lungs from the legs. Researchers found that pulmonary embolism death increased by: 70% among those who watched TV 2.5-4.9 hours (versus those who watched less than 2.5 hours)
40% for each additional 2 hours of daily TV watching.
2.5 times among those who watched TV 5 or more hours. Although the study examined Japanese adults, the findings may be very relevant for U.S. adults, who watch far more TV. U.S. Latinos may face an especially high risk. Latino ...
By Dr. Patricia Braun, MD, MPH, FAAP Campaign For Dental Health SaludToday Guest Blogger We often hear about different ways to eat. More protein, less protein, more fat, less fat. It can be confusing. One thing isn’t confusing: we need to reduce the amount of sugar we eat and drink. Added sugars are playing a bigger and bigger role in making our nation unhealthy. Consuming added sugar causes cavities, weight gain and obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Tooth decay is the most common chronic condition in childhood and leads to pain, tooth loss, a lower quality of life, and is expensive to treat. And obesity, in our nation’s children has become an enormous health problem, especially for Latino ...
Having access to clean drinkable water and healthy fresh foods is vital in ensuring children grow up to be a healthy weight. New funds from the state's congressional delegation recently announced that $2.1 million in funds will go to help position new AmeriCorps members into volunteer services for the state. One organization called the Washington County Youth Service Bureau Boys and Girls Club, will help to ensure children of veteran and military families grow up to be a healthy weight. They will receive $325,000 for 26 volunteers, that will help to implement initiatives to help prevent childhood obesity in the state. More funds will also be used to help position AmeriCorps members in addressing problems in affordable housing, water quality, and veteran affairs. To ...
The state of Alaska has started the "Play Every Day" campaign to help boost physical activity and reduce sugary drink consumption among families across the state, where two out of three Alaskan adults are now overweight or obese and one out of three Alaskan children are overweight or obese. The new campaign asks kids to drink more water and understand that they don't need sports drinks to play sports. Public service announcement videos for families are also available on the campaign's website, talking about the sugar content in drinks. Posters inform students that even one sweet beverage a day, like a powdered drink, can lead to cavities, weight gain, and type 2 diabetes. The goal of the campaign is to help reduce consumption of drinks that have added sugars, but also to ...
Various cities throughout the nation are thinking about soda taxes or working on reducing beverages like energy drinks, and unnatural juices in schools, and city vending machines. Now Raley's, a privately owned and family operated supermarket chain in West Sacramento will be removing name-brand sodas from their stores. The 121 stores are located in Northern California and Nevada under four names: Raley's Supermarkets, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods and Food Source. A recent article explains the decision to remove these type of beverages from the store was to advance their vision of health and wellness, wanting to "make it easier" for their costumers to make healthier choices. Latino kids ages 0-5 consume more sugary drinks than their peers, and about 74% of Latinos have had a ...
Today is America's favorite holiday, but, as you’re getting ready for the barbecues, picnics, and a fun at the pool or the beach, it’s important to keep your hydration in mind. Sweating during the sizzling heat of July can result in an increased loss of fluids. This can create a problem for our main bodily organs such as the heart, brain, and lungs. Our bodies are 2/3 water and water plays a pivotal role not just in making sure our organs function correctly, but also in removing toxins and waste from our bodies. Doctors recommend that adults drink 2-3 gallons of water a day to stay hydrated, especially during the summer months. Unfortunately at barbecues and picnics, it’s easier to grab sugar-rich vitamin water, sport drinks, or lemonade. For example, according to ...
The new 1.5-cent tax per ounce on sugary and diet beverages in Philadelphia is official, as Mayor Kenny signed the bill into action on Monday, June 20th at City Hall. The taxes will not include baby formula and beverages more than 50 % fresh fruit/vegetables or milk, or are considered "medical foods", but will include artificially sweetened waters and bottled coffees. The new tax is projected to raise over 90 million dollars a year to help expand the city's pre-k and improve health through community and school efforts. The next step is implementing the law with retailers and distributors in January and collecting taxes. Payments of the taxes from distributors to the city taxes will start in mid-February, reported Deputy Revenue Commissioner Marisa Waxman to The ...
The City Council of Stockton, California (32.5% Latino) has unanimously passed a new ordinance to reduce sugary beverage consumption among kids. The ordinance will require all restaurants in the city that offer kids meals to offer water and low-fat milk as the only default beverages. Cities across the country, in Davis, Calif, Philly, Illi., Denver, Colo., Virginia and more, are working on reducing sugary beverage consumption among kids and teens, as soda's and energy drinks with high sugar content have been shown to be the products that contribute most to added sugars in a child's daily diet. Research shows that about 74% of Latinos have had a sugary drink by age two. Having measures that reduce sugar consumptions at early ages of childhood, may help the healthy choice become ...
Currently at Bozeman High School in Bozeman, Montana, students are still able to reach for their favorite soda or sports drink at lunch. According to a local news article, earlier this year, the high school was selling 2,000 bottles of Gatorade a month. Now, healthier beverages and school food recommendations from the schools' 15-member Food Service and K-12 Nutrition Education commission will be heard on June 12th, 2016. Soda's and sugary beverages high in sugar and have been shown in studies to be linked to higher risks of tooth decay, diabetes and heart disease. The commission committee hopes to change the beverage options at lunch, to allow healthier carbonated waters and juices, but take out the soda and sports drink options from the high school's cafeteria and vending ...
