In January 2016, MotherToBaby launched a new bilingual (English/Spanish) digital initiative for expectant or breastfeeding moms and health care providers to get free expert information about the risks of medications and other exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding through free, private instant messaging. In addition to live chatting, MotherToBaby also provides emailing-an-expert, texting an expert, and a library of free downloadable facts sheets in both English and Spanish. Expectant or breastfeeding moms can access instant messaging or emailing an expert by visiting www.MotherToBaby.org, or access texting with an expert by texting questions to ...
Sugary drinks are a large component of added calories in the American diet. Many kids have increased their consumption of sugary drinks—such as soft drinks, sports drinks, fruit-flavored drinks, and flavored milk—between 1991 and 2008, research shows. In Contra Costa, Calif., where 24% of the population is Latino, one of every three kids from low-income families are overweight or obese. A county organization worked with an advertising agency to develop a bilingual social marketing campaign, called Sugar Bites, to urge parents to choose water for their kids instead of sugary drinks.
The Issue of Sugary Drinks and Obesity
Awareness: First 5 California is a state organization funded by Proposition 10, a statewide ballot initiative passed in 1998, to conduct health and ...
