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July 20, 2016
Originally posted on NJ Spotlight By Lilo Stainton July 19, 2016 A new analysis reveals that the difference between living in Trenton and nearby Princeton Junction isn’t just quality of life, it’s 14 years When it comes to living a long and healthy life, it turns out that few miles or a few digits in a ZIP code can mean a decade or more. Or 14 years, when it comes to the life-expectancy difference between those who reside in Princeton Junction and those who call Trenton home, according to a new analysis released today. The news — the work of researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation— came as no surprise to local healthcare officials and nonprofit leaders in Trenton. They’ve been working for years to help city residents live longer, healthier lives, by having access to doctors and mental health providers; homes free of lead and other health […]
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July 20, 2016
Originally posted on Environmental Health News By Brian Bienkowski Environmental Health News May 17, 2016 Children whose mothers had higher BPA exposure in their third trimester had more body fat in their school-age years More BPA exposure before birth could mean more body fat and larger waists during early childhood, according to a New York City study released today. The study, published today in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal, is the first to show this link between fetal exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA) and body fat in children at age 7. While there are a number of factors in obesity—genetics, diet, exercise, disease—the study adds to evidence that environmental chemicals may be playing a role in the health crisis costing the U.S. lives and dollars. “For years when we thought of obesity we thought of eating and exercise, but we’re learning that it’s more complicated than that,” said Kim Harley, associate director of the University […]
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July 20, 2016
Originally posted on The New York Times By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS August 26, 2015 Are we, with the best of intentions, putting young athletes at risk when we urge them to drink lots of fluids during steamy sports practices and games? A new report about overhydration in sports suggests that under certain circumstances the answer is yes, and that the consequences for young athletes can be — and in several tragic cases already have been — severe and even fatal. Visit a practice for high school football, soccer or other team sports at this time of year, when temperatures can be high and early-season fitness marginal, and you are likely to see repeated water breaks and exhortations by the coaches and parents to drink up. “A lot of people, including coaches, think that it is dangerous for athletes to get dehydrated, even a little dehydrated,” said Kevin Miller, an associate professor of athletic training […]
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July 20, 2016
Originally posted on Time.com By Alexandra Sifferlin June 6, 2016 Music celebrities from One Direction to Beyonce promote really unhealthy food Almost every food or drink a music celebrity endorses and promotes through commercials and advertisements is unhealthy, according to a new study from NYU researchers. That’s a shame, the study authors argue, since most of the stars promoting these products—from One Direction to Beyoncé—are popular among kids and teens. In the report, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, NYU Langone Medical Center researchers combed through Billboard Magazine’s “Hot 100” song charts from 2013 and 2014. They confirmed celebrities’ popularity by looking at who won at the Teen Choice Awards as well as the number of views of celebrity endorsements they had on YouTube. The study authors also looked at all food and drink endorsements between 2000 and 2014 recorded in the advertisement database AdScope. Overall, there were around 313 million views of YouTube videos of celebrity food and […]
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July 20, 2016
Originally posted on Newsweek By Lucy Westcott, Newsweek June 8, 2016 In a disturbing new milestone for the state of health in the U.S., four out of 10 American women are now classified as obese. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 35 percent of men and 40 percent of women in the U.S. were classified as obese in 2014, the latest year data were available. Nearly 10 percent of women in the U.S. are morbidly obese, the study of 5,455 adults found. Black women were the most likely to be obese, with nearly 60 percent classified as such, compared to 47 percent of Hispanic women, 38 percent of white women and 12 percent of Asian women. Among men, obesity rates didn’t vary as much between race: Black, Hispanic and white men all had obesity rates of between 35 percent and 38 percent. The study also found that women with “education beyond […]
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February 20, 2016
Originally posted on mycentraljersey.com The recent decision by Gov. Chris Christie to veto bipartisan legislation expanding the evidence-based Diabetes Prevention Program to Medicaid recipients in New Jersey was ill-advised and is a setback in the movement towards preventative health equity. Moreover, it deprives some of our most vulnerable residents of a critical intervention in the prevention of type 2 diabetes. A recent report by the International Diabetes Federation shows the number of people with diabetes increased to a record 282 million people worldwide in 2013. In the United States alone, nearly 26 million people suffer from the disease. In New Jersey, approximately 700,000 individuals live with type 2 diabetes and many others are at risk for developing it. An estimated one in three adults in the U.S. — 79 million people — have prediabetes, yet just 11 percent of those individuals are aware of this diagnosis. Prediabetes is the condition […]
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September 29, 2015
Originally posted on NBC.com by Taunya English | Newsworks.org New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, just got a new obesity report card from the government. A person with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more is considered obese, having an excessively high amount of body fat in relation to lean body mass. New Jersey is doing best in our three-state region, but has an obesity rate near 27 percent for adults. According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Pennsylvania 30.2 percent of adults are obese. Delaware’s rate is 30.7 percent. The Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyzed the government data in a new report. In recent years, many anti-obesity efforts in the Garden State focus on kids. “I’ve had kids who come in who are 8-years-old and 200 pounds, we are dealing with kids who are at such a […]
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