More and more cities, states and some countries, most recently the UK, are pushing towards a soda tax to help decrease obesity, and help fund health and wellness programs. The first city to have a successful attempt at a soda tax in the nation has been Berkley, CA, but now they hope to continue to raise awareness and show support to other cities working on a soda tax movement like Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. In a recent article, Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque stated, "Diabetes and other diet-related illnesses are destroying our kids' health, and sugary drinks are driving this trend. With this film, we want to show that communities can fight back and win, even against a corporate Goliath." The Film "Berkeley vs. Big Soda" is widely ...
It is national public health week!#NPHWchat! #SaludTues! We are excited about Latina Leaders who are driving public health efforts! Latinas are more likely to deal with certain health disparities, and we need your help! Let’s use #SaludTues to tweet about, encourage and say thank you to the #LatinaLeaders in Health & Public Health! We also plan to give tips to anyone interested in being a health leader! Follow #SaludTues to join the conversation. WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Latina Leaders in Public Health”
DATE: Tuesday, April 5th 2016
TIME: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludToday
CO-HOSTS: Hispanic Heritage Foundation( @HHFoundation), National Hispanic Media Association(@NHMAmd), Latina Researchers ...
Having fresh foods is vital for many schools across the country, especially for Latino kids who are more likely to be at risk for diet-related diseases like diabetes. Three school districts, Binghamton, Cortland, and Marathon are receiving a federal grant of $100,000 dollars to help students get more local fresh foods on their plates. Since 2012, the districts have been working to connect local schools with local farmers and build relationships to keep local produce in local schools. Working to continue the efforts and expand farm-to-school programs, the funds will help BOCES staff reach out to farmers and get more schools on board with buying local produce. Funds had been awarded in the past to BOCES and helped them train school staff in various activities like buying ...
Data from a new study suggests that 1 in 5 people (18% of men and 21% of women) will be obese by the year 2025, CNN reports. The study, published in the Lancet, compared body mass index trends from over 200 countries between 1975 and 2015, and concluded that “[in] four decades, global obesity has more than tripled among men and doubled among women.” Other key findings of the study were: More men were obese than underweight in 136 countries and more women were obese than underweight in 165 of them.
In 1975, 2.6% of the world's population was obese; in 2014, that number jumped to 8.9%.
By 2025, the study estimates that 43% of women and 45% of men in the U.S. will be obese. “We have transitioned from a world in which underweight prevalence was more than double that of ...
What happens when people get "priced out" of the homes they've lived in for decades? People like Luis Granados step up. Granados, Christopher Gil, and other leaders of the nonprofit Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) didn't stand by when a tech boom in San Francisco’s Mission District brought in higher-priced homes and threatened to push out lower-income families. They embarked on a mission to create 100% affordable housing in the area.
The rising housing costs in San Francisco
Since 1973, the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) offers free financial services to lower-income families in San Francisco’s Mission District, a 30% Latino neighborhood where most rent their homes, said Christopher Gil, the group’s senior content marketing manager. The ...
Un nuevo estudio revela que el 60% de lo que comemos en los EE.UU. se considera "comida chatarra," reporta. El estudio informa que esta es una prueba de por qué dos tercios de los estadounidenses y el 60% de los latinos en los EE.UU. sufren de obesidad o sobrepeso. “Los alimentos altamente procesados en cuanto a contribución energética fueron los panes, refrescos, bebidas lácteas, pasteles, galletas, botanas saladas, pizza y cereales, “ escribió el Dr. Carlos Augusto Monteiro en su reporte junto a sus colegas de Tufts University. El estudio encontró que un poco menos de 650 calorías de la media de 2.000 calorías al día dieta son de frutas y verduras, que según los expertos no sólo ayuda a reducir el riesgo de tener sobrepeso u obesidad, sino también ayudan a ...
Patients with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, a condition that can affect Latinos and all people, often have trouble remembering recent experiences. However, a new study by MIT indicates that Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t destroy memories; instead “they just can’t be easily accessed,” Univision reports. For the study, researchers stimulated specific areas of the brain of lab rats with blue light and found that they were able to access memories they previously couldn’t remember. “The important point is, this a proof of concept," said Susumu Tonegawa, lead study author. "That is, even if a memory seems to be gone, it is still there. It’s a matter of how to retrieve it.” According to the authors, the results of their study show that there’s hope for a cure ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third of all adults in the United States. As part of National Nutrition Month, the financial site WalletHub analyzed the 100 most populated U.S. metro areas to determine the ones with the most weight-related health problems. The “holistic” approach included overweight and obesity into its findings and examined 14 key metrics, including “percentage of physically inactive adults,” and “percentage of adults eating fewer than one serving of fruits and vegetables per day,” to determine their findings. According to the research findings, the “fattest” metro area in America is Memphis, TN (6.54% Latino population), while the “thinnest” was Honolulu, HI (5.89% Latino). The city with the ...
In March 2016, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets held the second annual Vision Zero Cities Conference, in New York City, NY (28.6% Latino) for traffic safety experts, advocates, bereaved families, elected officials and the public to exchange ideas and discuss how to implement and enforce best practices to prevent road deaths and serious injuries. Former New York City Transportation Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Kahn believes that when you change the streets, you change the world. Not only are road deaths and serious injuries a public health issue, but unsafe streets are a major hurdle for people trying to be physically active, stay healthy, or to get to work. Thus, traffic safety is a public health issue. When people don't feel safe to walk or bike near ...
