Check out these great videos about Latinos who are changing their San Antonio neighborhoods into healthier places. The videos are from the San Antonio Mayor's Fitness Council, a group of community experts and leaders organized by Mayor Julián Castro to develop ways to spur improved community nutrition and activity across town. Amelie G. Ramirez, director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday, is a member of the council. Here's a video about the Mayor's Fitness Council Healthy Heroes Awards. Here are videos about awards winners Ivan Bermejo and Makayla and Alyssa ...
Salud America! and MomsRising invite you to a tweetchat at noon CST Friday, June 21, 2013 to discuss the new Salud America! research package, Better Food in Latino Neighborhoods. We will discuss how exploring policies that introduce supermarkets or farmers’ markets in Latino communities expand healthy offerings in places like bodegas (small grocers) and how reducing costs of healthy foods can improve Latino families' access to, and purchase of, healthier foods. Please join us to share your comments, resources, or questions by adding the hashtag #FoodFri to your tweets at that time. Be sure to follow @MomsRising, @SaludToday (the handle for Salud America!), and the hashtag #FoodFri to participate. FULL DETAILS
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Check out this cool new animated video on how Latino families need healthier food options in their neighborhoods. The video, which is part of a new Salud America! “Better Food in the Neighborhood” package of research, which also contains a research review, issue brief and infographic, can be found ...
Editor's Note: To recognize National Cancer Survivor's Day on June 2, 2013, SaludToday is telling the stories of Latino survivors through their own words. By Meg Reyes I smiled today. I find I’m able to smile more often as time goes by. What is there to smile about? I was diagnosed with cancer and could have died, but yet I smile. I went bald, but yet I smile. I almost let my coworkers paint a basketball on my head during the Spurs playoffs, and I smile. I watched my hair grow back in its true color, including the gray, and I smile. I think of my family, friends, and co-workers who did not let one day go by without a hug, an e-mail, or a “How are you?” and I smile. I talked to an old friend who didn’t know I had cancer; when she tells me how good I look, I smile. I love my ...
Editor's Note: To recognize National Cancer Survivor's Day on June 2, 2013, SaludToday is telling the stories of Latino survivors through their own words. By Julie La Fuente Louviere At 29, I was living in Puerto Rico, and I was in the best shape of my life, training for a triathlon and weighing only 115 pounds of muscle. I felt like I was in total control. I found a knot near my collarbone, which I believed was nothing, but my husband made me get it checked out. The diagnosis was breast cancer. I was in shock. I thought cancer was something that only old people got. I learned the ugly side effects of chemotherapy, like losing hair and eyebrows, but I could give them up if I had to. If I had to lose a breast to survive, I was ready. My motto became “Just do it.” If you want to ...
The Active Living Council (ALC) of San Antonio was formed in 2010, in order to discuss ways to increase physical activity within the city. In accord with the National Physical Activity Plan, the council produced the Active Living Plan for a Healthier San Antonio. This plan was endorsed by Mayor Julian Castro, and will serve as a guide for policy changes which would enable citizens living in San Antonio, to become more active. The ALC works in collaboration with the San Antonio Mayor's Fitness Council. The Active Living Plan is available in English and in Spanish. Read the Active Living Council of San Antonio's 2012 policy recommendations to the city ...
One of the top five priorities of the Bexar County Community Health Improvement Plan is to promote Healthy Eating and Active Living. Increasing the availability of healthier food options, meeting with county officials to promote strategies in the Active Living Plan, promoting the adoption of Safe Routes to School programs, and promoting policies to support infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, are all examples of policy recommendations featured in the plan. This plan was organized by the Bexar County Community Health Collaborative and the City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District in an effort to serve as a framework for creating a healthier county. Recommendations for partnerships, and ways to take on an active role, to improve the health of the community are also ...
The Fit Family Challenge, organized by San Antonio Sports--a local non-profit organization--has provided hundreds of families in San Antonio an opportunity to participate in free fitness events over a four-month period. The goal of this campaign, made possible through a grant from the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation and local sponsors, is to motivate San Antonio families to get active, eat better and learn about health and fitness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Gl4FKL0CI&list=UUye2TxFjae2cCSSALF4ikWg&index=3 Visit the Fit Family Challenge Facebook page to find out about more about the ...
Since 1993, San Antonio Sports has provided sports and fitness opportunities for children in grades K-12 across San Antonio, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth. Examples of these programs include: the Valero Go!Kids Challenge, the ING Kids Rock San Antonio program, the iPlay Afterschool program (formerly Dreams for Youth), and the Community Olympic Development program. Learn more about the impact that these programs are having on the community by watching this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOyZOOv1Gs0&feature=player_embedded Through the iPlay Afterschool Program disadvantaged children from 15 elementary schools in grades 3-5, attending Harlingdale ISD and San Antonio ISD, are given the opportunity to participate in after school sports. Often, Latino children ...
