Last May 2015, Councilman Nick Mosby held an informational hearing regarding Sugar-Free Kids and the effects of sugary drinks on the community. Plans to introduce a bill that would require all ads for sugary beverages to contain warning labels and state health risks associated with consumption, like obesity and diabetes. The introduction of the bill by Councilman Mosby are projected to happen in the coming months. The legislation would also authorize the City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen to impose penalties on any stores or companies that do not comply with the new bill. Research shows that about 74 percent of Latinos have had a sugary drink by age 2 and also that Latino kids have increased their consumption of sugary drinks between 1991 and 2008. More is needed to be done ...
The Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation and Westwood Unidos are collaborating on a campaign aimed at Latino families and Latino youth to show that tap water is safe to drink daily. The Cavities Get Around campaign is an initiative of The Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation, hoping to eradicate childhood tooth decay and improve oral health for children. According to recent studies, Latino kids ages 0-5 consumption of sugary drinks is higher than the overall average. Rumors of how the tap water may be safe in the Westwood neighborhood has caused many Latino families to believe that the tap water is unsafe to drink. Also, many families are immigrants and are not used to drinking water directly out of the sink, explained Jessica Mahaffey, a marketing specialist for Denver Water in a ...
Most superstar figures or famous actresses and athletes have advertised some type of unhealthy beverage for million dollar endorsements, but not for NBA's basketball 2015 MVP star player, Stephen Curry, who is focused on health for kids. Stephen Curry wants to be a healthy role model for kids and has signed a contract for health-focused marketing with Brita water. Curry is the first in sports history, according to a recent article, that has said no to being a spokesperson for unhealthy sugary beverage advertisements. Latino kids consume 2 to 3 more sugary beverages a day compared to white kids. It is important for children to know what health looks like, and many children tend to look up to their favorite athletes and mimic their actions. Knowing more about water and having ...
"Sugary beverages are the number one source of sugar in our diets", stated May Okihiro, a local Pediatrician speaking in a film about the need for the new water bottle filling stations in the state of Hawai'i. The partnership between the University of Hawai'i Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine and Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i has provided a water bottle filling station to 25 schools in the state and reusable water bottles for the students. The partnership hopes to incorporate educational awareness about healthier beverage consumption as a part of the school's wellness policies. All students received a colorful new water bottle, encouraging them to use it daily at the water bottle refilling station. The Be Well @ School project is an initiative for the Hawaiian schools to offer ...
The Minneapolis Health Department is working on educating schools and consumers to 'ReThink Your Drink' when it comes to sugar-sweetened beverages. Dentists associations are also taking a stand to bring more knowledge on the issue and supporting the campaign. The 'ReThink Your Drink' campaign, popular in other cities in Calif., and now across many state's public health departments has become a slogan for healthier beverage consumption education. Educational resources are provided online by many sites, and can also be found at the California Health Department sites, which include guide materials to use at and festivals, along with helpful recipes on how to make healthier beverage alternatives. The campaign is educational and the public health department hopes to help University ...
Davis City, Calif. (12.5% Latino) city council is bubbling up the idea of a soda tax for the 2016 ballot. The new one-cent tax per each ounce of sugar-sweetened beverage purchased will be used for city improvements reported a recent article. Health issues associated with sugary beverages are among the reasons for the tax, reasons like childhood obesity and diabetes are of the largest health concerns. The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is 1.5 times higher in Latinos than non-Latino white adults, and childhood obesity is a rising concern for Latino kids who are more likely to consume more than one soda a day. City officials pledged to research what a proposed beverage tax would look like in Davis, as city staff look for possible implications of the tax. City staff have estimated ...
New healthy food and activity standards have been passed in Colorado child care centers thanks to the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) Office of Early Childhood and the Colorado Board of Health. Children will now have access to healthier foods, beverages, and enjoy more physical activity and less screen time. Rules set for the governing of licensed child care facilities are as follows: meals and snack must meet current USDA nutrition requirements
no sugary drinks are allowed except 100% juice, twice a week.
60 minutes of physical activity will be required, part time centers are required 30 mins a day of physical activity
Screen time will be limited to 30 minutes a week for TV, and 15-minute increments for tablets and computers for no more than 30 minutes a ...
San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2015 to some of the most restricted legislation on soda in the country. The laws approved require that all ads within city property include warning labels, require a ban on soda advertising, and prohibit the spending of city money on soda. The American Beverage Association (ABA) has declared to the Federal Courts that the bans are unconstitutional and that they disregard the first and fourth amendments. ABA also stated in a recent article, that these bans also violate due-process rights, stating that the nutritional science that the laws are based on are ever changing and could eventually be proven wrong. Although various studies across the globe have shown that sugary beverages like sodas have no ...
Very popular amongst iPhone game players is the infamous Angry Birds games. Unfortunately, they have been placed across candy boxes throughout stores to promote high-sugar gummies. The first two ingredients in these "fruit" gummies are sugar and corn syrup. Recent studies show that Latino kids and youth of color are marketed junk food, candy and soda's at higher rates than white children. Marketers know what is popular and are not afraid to use fun cartoon characters to market unhealthy junk food and soda to kids. What is popular is what sells, and, unfortunately, many kids do not see the health risks involved eating these foods as some are even marketed with healthy words, like fat-free. (see picture to the right) High sugar sweets and sodas are more likely to increase the ...
