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It’s working out for these women!
A group of Latina mothers from the John Burroughs Elementary School community has taken two crucial health issues into their own hands. In a community that has no safe place to play besides the school...
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Planting the seeds of health
“Who will be the driving force for a garden at your school?” That is one question filmmaker Robert Lee Grant poses toward the end of his thought-provoking 31-minute film, ‘Nourishing the Kids of...
View ArticleSomething to chew on: The need for kids’ oral health care in the Valley
UPDATE: Read the full story – A dental crisis – here. ________________________________________________________________ When Clinica Sierra Vista CEO Stephen Schilling told me about the dramatic need...
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Living with Diabetes
In recognition of American Diabetes Month, I’m working on a story about diabetes among Latinos in the San Joaquín Valley. The story, which will run in the Nov. 24 edition of Vida en el Valle, will...
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Soda tax fizzles, unhealthy food environments persist
The proposed soda tax fizzled out before my story could even run in Vida en el Valle. On Monday, the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee effectively killed AB 669, would have levied a one-penny...
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Preview: Teatro Obesity
UPDATE: ‘Theatrical play pulls obesity battle onto stage‘ ran in the July6, 2011 edition of Vida. For decades, Agustin Lira has created theatrical performances that promote social messages. Through...
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Live in a food swamp?
One morning, when I was reporting from Kettleman City, I took the video below. Actually, the video was an accident, but the short clip and audio thoroughly depict the lack of healthy food options near...
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Disparities in stalling obesity rates?
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times both ran stories this week about the apparent stalling of the country’s obesity rate. Here’s an excerpt from the New York Times’ Well blog: After two decades...
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Will you tune in to HBO’s obesity films, ‘Weight of the Nation?’
On Monday (May 14) HBO will premiere the first two parts of its documentary series, ‘The Weight of the Nation.’ The films – presented by HBO and the Institute of Medicine, with the Centers for Disease...
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