Every Time I Try To Lose Weight, I Fail
Every Time I Try To Lose Weight, I Fail
Dear Martha: Every time I try to lose weight at the beginning of the year , for the first three or four months I manage, but then comes the rebound. Over the years this has caused […]
McDiabetes: Top Docs Tell McDonald’s To Stop Marketing Junk
By Patti Lynn, otherwords.org McDonald’s should heed a call from some of the nation’s leading health professionals and stop marketing junk food to kids. It certainly has good reason to do […]
Watch TV? You’re At Increased Risk For Diabetes
Adults who watch more than two hours of TV a day tend to weigh more than people who watch less. What’s more, research has shown that the more TV you watch, […]
Bien Hecho: Latina Works To Address Childhood Obesity
University of California at Davis Professor Adela de la Torre recently received a grant to help Latino kids in that state with obesity and related problems. She’s an agricultural economic and […]
How Latino Diabetics Can Eat Healthier
You don’t have to be obese and have a terrible diet to become a diabetic. Lea Contreras is a 55 year-old woman who moved to the here from Mexico a […]
Diabetic Amputations Are Totally Avoidable
Diabetic foot ulcers are the most common cause of hospitalizations and lower extremity amputations in the United States. If left untreated, foot ulcers can lead to infection, gangrene and amputation. […]
Biased Study Shows Obese Latinas, Children Underestimate Weight
A new study shows that mothers who are obese, as well as their children, underestimate their weight. Most of those who participated in the Columbia University study were Latinos and […]
