A new study suggests that children who have not yet reached age two and are given three or more courses of antibiotics are more likely to be obese. The study put on by Gastroenterology researchers, looked at over 21,000 children in The Health Improvement Network, a population-representative data set from 1995 to 2013 in the United Kingdom. All children that were eligible subjects for the study had to have been registered within three months of birth with height and weight measurements records also recorded within twelve months of their fourth birthday. Researchers studied other factors including adjusting for maternal and sibling obesity, maternal diabetes, socioeconomic status and more. The results showed that antibiotic exposure was associated with an increased risk of obesity ...
The Springfield City Council has voted to authorize seven million dollars to help support a growing meals program for the state's second largest public school system. The money will help purchase and renovate a warehouse dedicated to help save taxpayers money and provide healthier school meals for the city's 30,000 impoverished kids, by housing all food-related operations for the district into one place. The school's department of finance chief Patrick Roach explained that the warehouse will help save the program over half a million dollars a year, and help create a culinary and nutrition center that will allow for more scratch cooking and less processed foods. The warehouse will also allow high school students learning opportunities and provide 40 additional full-time jobs to ...
Datos de un nuevo estudio sugieren que 1 de cada 5 personas (18% de hombres y el 21% de las mujeres) serán obesas para el año 2025, informa CNN. El estudio, publicado en la revista The Lancet, comparo tendencias del índice de masa corporal de más de 200 países entre 1975 y 2015, y llegó a la conclusión de que "[en] cuatro décadas, la obesidad mundial se ha triplicado entre los hombres y se duplicó entre las mujeres". Otros hallazgos clave del estudio fueron los siguientes: • Más hombres padecen de obesidad que de malnutrición en 136 países y más mujeres padecen de obesidad que de malnutrismo en 165 paises.
• En 1975, el 2,6% de la población mundial era obesa; en 2014, ese número aumentó a 8,9%.
• En 2025, el estudio estima que el 43% de las mujeres y el ...
A new study by The Endocrine Society has found that BMI measurements above the 85th percentile at six, twelve or eighteen months is a strong predictor of severe obesity by age six in a child's life. The study looked at nearly 4,000 children determining their body mass index (BMI), and found that high BMI's measured between six and eighteen months of age accurately predicted which infants were more prone to have early-childhood obesity. A portion of the children, 2, 649 were from a highly Latino population from Aurora, Colo., which had an increased chance of severe obesity at age 6 by threefold to nine-fold. Latino kids are more likely to be at risk for diet related diseases like diabetes and obesity, studies show. It is recommended by the researchers of this group that ...
Around the world, 1.5 million people die of diabetes each year according to figures from the World Health Organization. In the United States, diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death and 12.8% of U.S. Latinos suffer from it. "Diabetes is an ancient disease that is taking a growing toll on the modern world. In 1980, 108 million adults were living with diabetes. By 2014, that number had risen to 422 million—8.5 percent of adults—reflecting a global increase in risk factors such as being overweight or obese. Even though we have the tools to prevent and treat it, diabetes now causes some 1.5 million deaths a year. High blood glucose causes an additional 2.2 million deaths," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in commemoration of World Health Day. On its first Global Health ...
New plans were revealed on expanding Medicare to cover programs to prevent diabetes recently. Aimed at preventing diabetes among the millions at high risk for the disease, the new plans would pay for certain “lifestyle change programs.” There are more than 50 million Latinos currently living in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2050, one in three people living in the United States will be of Latino origin. Diabetes is an urgent health concern for the Latino community. The rates of diabetes among Latinos are almost double those of whites. The programs that would be paid for by Medicare would feature trained counselors “coaching” participants on healthier eating habits and increasing physical activity as ways to prevent Type 2 diabetes. These types of ...
Wanting to help change the scene for healthy school lunches, mom of three and now new entreprenuer, Gaby Wilday started her own way of changing school lunches. With a startup company called, No Fuss Lunch, Wilday works with schools to offer up fresh and healthier options like organic salads and whole wheat made bread. After Wilday's daughter came home from school with expired raisins, which were considered a "fruit" she was inspired to create healthier lunches that included fresh organic fruits and vegetables for her daughter and her 7 friends kids. The lunches cost more, as they are made with no white ingredients and organic fruits and vegetables, but are convenient for families who don't have time to make lunches in the morning, and allows parents and kids to go online and ...
On Monday, April 4, 2016, New York (18.6% Latino) passed the nation's best paid family leave policy-part of the 2016-2017 State Budget. "When fully phased-in, employees will be eligible for 12 weeks of paid leave when caring for an infant, a family member with a serious health condition, or to relieve family pressures when someone is called to active military service." The purpose of this bill is to help workers take care of their families without worrying about losing their paycheck, paid maternity leave included. The Unites States is one of three countries-out of 185-that does not provide paid maternity leave. Lack of maternity leave is one of many barriers Latina mom's face to breastfeed. Providing maternity leave could have a profound affect on Latino health. According ...
Did you take a 30-minute walk today? According to research, going for a stroll during your lunch break or after work can significantly reduce your risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. To raise awareness of the health benefits of walking the American Heart Association is challenging everyone to lace up their sneakers and go for a 30-minute stroll! To learn more click ...
