Health and Nutrition News Articles
Read health-related news articles, in addition to the most recent press announcements from major medical organizations.
- Obesity in Texas Still Growing
- Latest studies reporta n increasing rate of obesity among Hispanics and African Americans indicating a steady rise in government costs
- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) releases the New 2010 Dietary Guidelines
- The Department’s Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, made the announcement to a student group at George Washington University
- Education about Chronic Diseases is Crucial for Hispanics
- Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death among this ethnic group
- New User-Friendly Series of Books Focused on Latino Health is Launched
- Dr. Jane L. Delgado, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, writes in a thoughtful tone about health, heart disease and diabetes
- New Website for Diabetic Latinos
- Doctors from the Joslin Diabetes Center declare that in this century half of the Latinos born in the United States will suffer from diabetes
- Latino Childhood Obesity Video Wins Film Awards
- The Salud America! "Did You Know?/¿Sabía Usted?" video is earning rave reviews from the film industry.
- Kids Home Alone Should Not Pack on the Pounds
- By Jorge E. Bañales, Office of Minority Health
- Claiming Health: Front-of-Package Labeling of Children's Food
- Misleading marketing on your children's food
- Lowering Salt in Your Diet
- The scoop on salt intake
- The Scoop on Whole Grains
- The health benefits of eating whole grains
- Eating and Diabetes
- Finding a healthy balance
- Healthy Choices for Tortillas
- Corn, whole-grain, or flour?
