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Health issues vary in low-income Imperial County
Staff WriterIn Imperial Valley two in every five people are obese, nearly 13,000 people have been diagnosed with diabetes and 163 children were hospitalized in 2010 due to asthma. The Valley leads the state with these factors, having the highest rates of diabetes,...Tags: Asthma, Family, Unemployment Benefits, Diabetes, Soccer
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Voice: Sugary drinks not full answer
MPH, RD, Los AngelesImperial County public health officials and Food Bank representatives missed an opportunity to make an impactful difference in the health of county residents with the Community Expansion Nutrition Project (“Campaign Aims at Sugary Drinks,”...Tags: Health, Nutrition, Coca-Cola Co., Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Renowned autism researcher to speak at SDSU-IV
Staff Writer, Copy EditorConfessing that doctors and researchers have quite a way to go before they can begin to understand the causes of autism, one of the nation’s foremost autism experts said he is nonetheless excited about a recent research finding that may eventually...Tags: University of California, Davis, Health and Safety at School, Medical Research, Genes and Chromosomes, Human Body
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Our View: Unlocking the autism puzzle
Of all the medical mysteries that exist today, perhaps one of the most painful to witness is the effect on families and children that a diagnosis along the autism spectrum brings. It’s not any physical discomfort that brings this opinion, but...Tags: University of California, Davis, Science and Technology, Behavioral Conditions, Health, Genes and Chromosomes
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El Centro preschool gardens to fight obesity
Staff WriterFour-year-old Samantha Larios was having a fun time Wednesday, digging in the dirt and finding worms. She got to hang out with her mom while at preschool, and she got to make flowers grow. More than that, though, the two dozen children and their parents...Tags: Early Learning, Health and Safety at School, Education, Health, Schools
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Our View: Tackling kids' health from the ground up
The obesity problem in Imperial County is a multifaceted issue, so it probably is going to take a many-pronged approach to make a demonstrable impact on it. That is why we like the “Little Hands Growing and Cooking Health Foods,” program,...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Family, Obesity, Diets and Dieting
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Our View: Obesity study looks beyond clinical approach
One would be hard pressed to find a member of the general public that wasn’t aware that childhood obesity is a major problem in the Valley. And while the causes — poverty levels, dietary habits, lack of exercise, to name a few — seem...Tags: Medical Research, Schools, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Overweight
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Multi-agency study to tackle Valley obesity problem
Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer, Copy EditorAs part of the multidimensional childhood obesity study, Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo will be given grant money to hire temporary volunteers to perform family intervention in the community, officials said. Community volunteers — promotoras —...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Medical Research, Weight, Disease Prevention, Health and Medical Professionals
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Preschoolers in the Valley are part of the Food Justice movement
Multimedia producerLuce Filiatrault showed the preschoolers cards with drawings of the fruits she was going to use to make a green smoothie. “What is this ingredient?” she asked. “Blueberries,” the children replied. “They look like...Tags: Blueberries, Health, Family, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Obesity
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Childhood obesity prevalent in county, among Latino community
Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer, Copy EditorIt was not too long ago when 13-year-old Joanna Ramirez became concerned about her weight. At 5 feet 4 inches, she had come to weigh 192 pounds, she said. So when the opportunity arose to take part in a six-month program to learn to eat right and...Tags: Family, Weight, Symptoms, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Social Issues
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$6 million grant awarded to look at childhood obesity in Imperial County
Staff WriterSan Diego State University has been awarded a $6 million grant to study childhood obesity in Imperial County. The university’s Institute for Behavioral and Community Health will work with the Imperial County Public Health Department and Clinicas de...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Medical Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obesity, Healthy Diet
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Our View: County is right place for childhood obesity study
One need only walk into nearly any classroom in the Imperial Valley to see there is a big problem locally with childhood obesity. It may be a problem based in genetics, culture, bad eating habits or a combination of the aforementioned, but childhood...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Medical Research, Genes and Chromosomes, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Diabetes
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