Breastfeeding rates are low along the El Paso/Juarez border. Ruth Lawrence, MD, Summit Chair and former editor-in-chief of Breastfeeding Medicine, gave a presentation developed by Rosalba Ruiz-Holguin, MD, MPH, project coordinator and chair of the Alliance for Border Collaboratives/Binational Breastfeeding Coalition in El Paso, Texas, at the Eighth Annual Summit on Breastfeeding. In this video, Lawrence addresses some barriers that breastfeeding mothers face, including: less schooling, no prenatal care, no education about breastfeeding, no maternity leave, low incomes, no access to healthcare, having a C-section, unsupportive husbands, cultural beliefs, and having lived in the U.S. for more than 5 years. Experts in the field, as well as many non-traditional partners, must address ...
Sustainable development is essentially about ecology, economy, and equity. The World Breastfeeding Week 2016 aims to firmly anchor breastfeeding as a key component of sustainable development. World Breastfeeding Week is coordinated by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and global network of individuals and organizations concerned with the protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding worldwide. Breastfeeding is one element in getting us to think about how to value our wellbeing from the start of life, how to respect each other and care for the world we share. Access and download WABA's World Breastfeeding Week 2016 free materials in English, Spanish, and many other languages to be prepared to talk breastfeeding and sustainable development: Poverty ...
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University encourage anyone who is hungry to order their food before they get hungry. Why? In a recent study, researchers found that temptations for unhealthy foods that are high in calories often happens when people are ordering food on impulse or in the moment. The study examined two studies of 690 employees online lunch orders, and 195 university students catering lunch options, where a cut of at least thirty calories consistently. Researchers explained that this can help restaurants and other food providers generate health benefits for customers by offering an opportunity online to order food in advance. To learn more about this study, click ...
The U.S. Department of Education has compiled a checklist of 7 things every high school graduate needs to do before leaving for their first semester of college. Make sure your school has your financial aid ready. Many students fill out an application for financial aid. Early and/or mid-summer is an opportune time to check with the financial aid office to make sure all your paperwork is complete. It is also important to make sure that you have enough money to cover any gaps between the cost for school and your financial aid award. Find a part-time job. If this is something you’d be interested in, it would be a good idea to start checking out opportunities in the area of campus before classes start. Working during school can not only provide extra income, but I can also teach ...
A new study from researchers at Tufts University and the University of Cambridge reports that eating more unsaturated fats or saturated fats in place of dietary carbohydrates lowers blood sugar levels and improves insulin resistance and secretion. According to the Mayo Clinic, healthy fats consist of mainly monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fats, like certain types of fish and nuts, as well as room temperature oils like olive oil, safflower oil, and peanut oil. Fats to avoid are found in beef, butter, shortening and pork. The findings of the study looked at 102 randomized controlled trials of over four thousand adults, who had meals that varied in types of amounts of fat and carbs. The study revealed that for each five percent of dietary energy switched from carbs to saturated ...
Every one of us can help achieve health equity. How can YOU help your community be healthy right from the start? Protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. Start by watching the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s video created for the 2016 First Food Forum. Explain why breastfeeding matters in a relevant and linguistically appropriate manner
Help establish Baby-Friendly Hospitals
Help pass laws for paid family leave, and break time and clean space at work to pump
Encourage early childcare providers to support nursing mothers
Help create local farmers markets and safe places to walk, bike, and play Learn more about Baby-Friendly Hospitals here. Spread the word about how every one of us can help create a culture where breastfeeding is the ...
Urban planning plays a significant role in addressing the health equity and health disparities of Americans, especially Latinos. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), environmental, social, and economic conditions in cities can have both positive and negative impacts on human health. Urban planning plays an important role on these conditions. Air and water quality, the location of affordable housing, and access to public transportation are all factors that shape health. Perhaps no place in the world is more known for its “urban form”—its physical layout and design—than metropolitan New York City (29% Latino population). From the towering skyline of Manhattan, the neon lights of Times Square, the rolling hills and paths of Central Park, New York has built an ...
A new government study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that teens are preferring water more often than soda. According to a recent article, the CDC surveyed teens in 2015, finding 74% of students drank one or more glasses of water a day, and 26% of students reported not drinking any sugary soda at all in seven days, up from 19% in 2007. President of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Michale Jacobson explained in the article that many campaigns have been educating parents and kids about the harms that soda consumption can lead to in one's health, leading efforts to reduce sugary drinks in schools, public vending machines, and with soda taxes, limiting students on these options and helping them to cut out sugary drinks from their ...
What are missing but not missed at a Renaissance Festival? Cars. America Walks and the Every Body Walk! Collaborative released a new book, America's Walking Renaissance, which examines how nine cities suburbs, and towns across the country are embracing walking and creating more walkable places. "Walking is the gateway to increased physical activity, and a stimulus to safer, more livable and equitably prosperous communities," Tyler Norris, MDiv, Vice President, Total Health Partnerships at Kaiser Permanente, stated in the introduction. Access the book for free here. Learn more about the urgency in fighting childhood obesity with walking and physical activity here. Spread the ...
