Babies who are breastfed have reduced risks of ear and respiratory infections, asthma, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), diabetes, and obesity; therefore, the WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative established Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding as the global standard for hospital care to support breastfeeding. However, according to the CDC Vital Signs report, many hospitals do not implement the steps. For example, 80% of babies born in the US start out breastfeeding, but, unfortunately, 6 in 10 breastfeeding mothers stop breastfeeding earlier than they intend. Even more Latina mothers stop breastfeeding earlier than they intend. This is due to lack of support from hospitals, the workplace, businesses, and families. In order to reduce Latino childhood obesity, ...
Popular TV host and Chef, Tyler Florence, is trying to bring fresh produce to the greater population with his #DrinkGoodDoGood campaign. Florence says that people who are concerned about food deserts, should be brave and inspire each other to do something about food insecurity. All social media users are asked to take selfies and put them on social media with the hashtag #DrinkGoodDoGood, Naked Juice will then donate 10 pounds of produce to Wholesome Wave. To learn about this movement more, read the article on Civil ...
Working on helping schools connect with farming and growing fresh foods, the National Farm to School Network (NFSN) is asking staff and all early care education schools to take a survey for feedback for future work. This survey will help NFSN with future projects in networking and advocacy for communities looking to bring local food sourcing and food and farm education to schools and pre-schools. To take the survey, click here. To learn more about NFSN, click ...
Halloween is a holiday where $2 million dollars is spent on candies and sweet treats! The average American also consumes two to three pounds of sugar per week. How can a parent help their kids and themselves to avoid the temptations of these sugary treats that are all around? Obesityhelp.com gives some great tips on how to cut back on the tempting treats and avoid the sugar rush for parents and kids alike. Giving reasons why it's good to avoid the sugar cravings the offer up sweet-treat replacements with fewer calories, and warn against emotional eating. To find out how to hold back the sugar monster on Halloween and the upcoming holidays, click ...
In this 2-year longitudinal study, investigators assessed four types of culturally based parental feeding practices in Mexican American mother's and fathers: restriction of amount of food, pressure to eat, use of food to control behavior, and positive involvement in child eating. Some parental feeding practices may have an unintended negative impact on children's weight. For example, results suggest that both mothers’ and fathers’ restriction of food predicted higher subsequent child weight status at Year 1. Additionally, child's weight may influence parental feeding practices. For example, girls’ heavier weight at Year 1 predicted fathers’ less pressure to eat and less positive involvement in child eating at Year 2. Feeding practices are modifiable factors. Latino mothers ...
Loving Support is a USDA initiative to support breastfeeding through WIC staff, community partners, moms, and family and friends. WIC staff Campaign Materials
Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding
Grow and Glow in WIC
Magical Bond of Love
Peer Counseling Community partners Building Breastfeeding-Friendly Communities
Campaign Materials
Partnering with WIC for Breastfeeding Success Moms Resources for Moms: Baby’s First Weeks
Ready, Set, Breastfeed!
Busy Moms
Confidence
Encouragement
You Have Everything Your Baby Needs Family and friends 10 Tips for Dads
Dads Play An Important Role
Grandparents Play An Important Role
Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding
Encouragement Breastfeeding is linked to numerous short- and long-term health benefits ...
Farmers, school teachers, and anyone interested in local farming may be interested in attending the University of Florida's Fruit and Vegetable Production Conference on November 6th. Speakers will talk about ways to revitalize your local economy through local produce. The conference will also focus on how to establish, market and manage fruits and vegetables in central Florida. In a recent article, Orange County Extension Director Richard Tyson said, “Farmers will find three important elements in this event: classroom education, recommendations from actual growers, and on-site demonstrations." Check out the Conference Program and Register online at:www.midfloridaconference.eventbrite.com Registration fee is $30 early bird, $40 after Oct. 25. Registration includes refreshments, ...
Throughout the nation, people are gearing up for Food Day. A day when events are held in almost every state, to help promote healthy foods and food policies. How can you get involved? Host an event! Like an apple crunch event!
Join the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest, food day chats are are on the 24th of every month, just follow #FoodDayChat.
Attend a local community event To see your local meet up or to get involved, register here ...
A webinar was held on September 30 that revealed the equity data for the 100 largest cities in the United States. Many city leaders are facing new economic revivals; however this has not translated into better jobs, living wages, and ownership opportunities for Latinos and other minorities. City leaders face an urgent need to create policies and strategies to combat the deepening inequity problems. The webinar was co-sponsored by PolicyLink and the University of Southern California (USC) Program for Environmental & Regional Equity. Understanding the state of equity in cities is key to eliminating racial and ethnic disparities. The National Equity Atlas has been expanded to include data broken up by race, nationality, and income for the 100 largest cities in America. This tool ...
