A regionwide health plan calls for improvements in the health of the very young and old as well as an emphasis on mental health and obesity.
Tag: obesity
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Report Spotlights Health and Social Disparities in OC
The annual Health Care Agency survey shows a healthy county overall but wide disparities depending on age, race, ethnicity and geography.
Posted inTop Stories
Build a Class and They Will Come
Once the domain of those who could afford gym memberships, fitness classes are now increasingly available to low-income families, who are flocking to them. The programs not only yield personal health benefits but also empower communities.
Posted inTop Stories, Transportation
A Paradox That Starts Before Birth
Despite lower socioeconomic status, Latina immigrants in the U.S. enjoy healthy birth rates, but their American daughters don’t fare as well when it comes time to deliver.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Poll: Santa Ana Voters Strongly Support Anti-Obesity Policies
Just-released survey by The Field Poll shows a desire for more availability of healthful foods and willingness to pay a tax for sugary drinks.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Local Food Activists Developing Frozen ‘Real Meals’ for Food Banks
OC Food Access seeks to take Hamburger Helper off the shelves of food banks and replace it with what amounts to a home-cooked meal.
Posted inCountywide, Outdoors, Top Stories
Reality Behind OC’s Urban Health
Preconceived notions regarding the reasons for obesity and other neighborhood health ills are not as cut-and-dried upon closer examination.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Board of Supervisors Looking to Butt Heads Again With ‘Obamacare’
Tuesday they will consider changes to an AIDS services contract that could include money from the healthcare reform law.
Posted inCountywide, Education, Huntington Beach, Investigative, Top Stories
‘Beautiful Game’: Oak View Kids Play More but Their Parents Pay Less
The Oak View Youth Soccer League in Huntington Beach fields 46
teams but charges parents a fraction of the registration fee
typical in Orange County.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories, Transportation
Proximity to Fast Food Biggest Obesity Indicator
Getting rid of fast-food restaurants in poor neighborhoods is
more important than adding grocery stores, study shows.
