@SaludToday, our Latino health social media handle at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center, was honored to be nominated for the Best Health Advocate reaching Latino(a)s through Tech Innovation and Social Media award from LATISM (Latinos in Social Media), a nonprofit group that empowers Latinos through tech innovation and social media. Although we didn't win (congrats to our friends at the American Heart Association!), we love being part of a huge push to improve Latino health. During the conference, SaludToday's social media coordinator, Carlos Valenzuela, was honored to speak on behalf of IHPR Director Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez about how we’re using using our social media accounts and digital communications via Salud America! to ...
Latinos, we love to spend time with family and friends—hence Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays for Latinos in the U.S. Many Latino families combine the traditional Thanksgiving dishes like turkey and pecan pie with popular Latino specialties such as tamales, pozole and empanadas. Unfortunately, diabetes and cardiovascular disease affect the Latino community in big numbers and for this reason is important that we make healthy choices this holiday season. Join #SaludTues this Tuesday, Nov.24, 1 pm ET--we’ll be sharing healthy recipes and ideas to have a muy healthy Latino Thanksgiving dinner. WHAT: #SaludTuesTweetchat: “Un Latino Thanksgiving Muy Healthy”
DATE: Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015
TIME: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT)
WHERE: On Twitter with ...
Spreading the word about how to build a culture of health for Latinos is a dire need. That's why we at SaludToday are excited to be nominated as Best Health Advocate reaching Latino(a)s through Tech Innovation and Social Media by LATISM (Latinos in Social Media), a nonprofit group that aims to empower Latinos through tech innovation and social media, and Toyota. SaludToday is a national Latino health campaign and the social media handle for Dr. Amelie Ramirez's Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, including its national projects on Latino childhood obesity (Salud America!) and cancer prevention (Redes). SaludToday curates stories about peer models who’ve made healthy behavior changes, recent health news, useful resources, and ...
Casi la mitad de los hispanos en los Estados Unidos desconocen que padecen de alto colesterol, de acuerdo a un estudio publicado en el Journal of the American Heart Association, reporta el portal Univisión Noticias. De acuerdo al estudio solo un tercio de los latinos con alto colesterol recibe tratamiento. El colesterol y enfermedades cardiovasculares afectan primordialmente a los hispanos que viven en los Estados Unidos. “Estar informados es el primer paso hacia la prevención,” dice el Dr. Carlos J. Rodriguez, investigador principal del estudio. Investigadores también descubrieron que el colesterol es más común en los hombres latinos (44%) que en las mujeres (40.5%), pero solamente el 28.1% de los hombres latinos recibe tratamiento. Los doctores recomiendan a la ...
Communities of color bear a disproportionate burden of risks for heart disease and stroke in the U.S. For this reason, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association created EmPowered To Serve, an online mega-community of diverse individuals and organizations united in building sustainable cultures of health in communities across the country. “When people join EmPowered To Serve, they have the opportunity to assess their personal health, assess the health of their community or environment and work on an action plan to improve problem areas. The aim of the platform is for communities to achieve at least a 10 percent improvement in health, which is measured through a post action plan assessment,” says Clyde Yancy, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ...
Some say the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed in 2010 hasn't been effective, but data from USDA and academics show that most schools across the country are actually serving healthier food and kids are eating it. This is good news for Latino students, who are more likely to eat school-provided lunch than their White peers. Since the Act, school lunches have gotten makeovers across the country. These days, 95% of school districts are serving healthier school lunches. School lunches are not only healthier, but are looking and tasting better than ever in most schools. Yet, some law makers want to roll back these healthy standards. Congress will debate whether to re-authorize the law this year. If you support the new school food standards, the American Heart Association has a ...
Latinos are more likely to gain weight in childhood, studies show. Thus it is critical to start early in teaching children and families to eat healthy and be physically active, according to a new editorial by Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, chief medical officer for prevention at the American Heart Association. The editorial cites statistics on the unfortunate rise of Latino childhood obesity, including research by Salud America!, a research network funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and directed by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Sanchez suggests four ways to help reverse the trend: Eat healthier. Teach children and their families how to cook our traditional recipes in the healthiest way. Get ...
Unhealthy diets can contribute to obesity. But many underserved areas, including Latino neighborhoods, have more fast-food restaurants than they have grocery stores and farmers’ markets, which can offer affordable fresh fruits and vegetables, whole-grain products, low-fat milk, and other healthy options. Let’s use #SaludTues on March 17, 2015, to tweet and discuss strategies on how to bring families closer to grocery stores and healthy foods in their neighborhoods: WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “How to Get Closer to My Grocer”
DATE: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
TIME: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludToday
CO-HOSTS: The American Heart Association Voices for Healthy Kids Texas Campaign Team (@YoureTheCureTX), The Food ...
Latinas are "the heart, el corazón, of the home, acting as gatekeepers for their loved ones' well-being. "But it is their own hearts that are in danger." So says Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, chief medical officer for prevention at the American Heart Association, in a great new Huffington Post op-ed. Sanchez cites statistics that show Latinas are likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier than white women. And it's the No. 1 killer of Latinas. Yet, he says, "80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented with education and lifestyle changes, lifestyle changes as simple as: cooking traditional foods with healthier ingredients; exercising as a family; asking for blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol checks; and even going grocery shopping together as a family for healthier ...
