To Solve Obesity Problem, We Need To Start With The Children

To Solve Obesity Problem, We Need To Start With The Children

Mary Mata September 6, 2011

I bet you’re thinking to yourself — enough already with the obesity topic! Well, there’s a reason I harp so much about obesity; it’s because, despite all that’s been written […]

Latinas At Risk For Heart Attacks, Symptoms Are Different

Mary Mata August 23, 2011

More than 40% of women still don’t realize that heart disease is the number one female killer. One in 30 women’s deaths in 2007 was from breast cancer, compared to […]

Nopal Fest In Baldwin Park, CA Highlights Health

Mary Mata August 22, 2011

The second annual La Feria del Nopal was held on Saturday in Baldwin Park, California, a suburb outside of Los Angeles and News Taco was on the scene. The event […]

Summer Heat Worse For Diabetics

Mary Mata August 9, 2011

This summer has been one of the hottest on record, thousands of temperature records have been broken across the country, killing dozens of people and sending thousands with illnesses like […]

McDiabetes: Top Docs Tell McDonald’s To Stop Marketing Junk

Mary Mata August 4, 2011

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

Mary Mata August 2, 2011

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, […]

Initiatives Target Improving Latino Health

Mary Mata July 1, 2011

[Editor’s note: The following is a press release from LULAC.] America’s health challenges include dramatic increases in diabetes, obesity, heart ailments and other diseases driven by sedentary lifestyles, obesity and […]

News Taco To Go: Latinos, Diabetes, DREAMers & White House

Mary Mata June 15, 2011

The Top 10 States With The Largest Latino Populations One Glass Of OJ A Day Could Lead To Diabetes 67 Sueños: Help Undocumented Students Share Their Story How To Get […]

One Glass of OJ A Day Could Lead To Diabetes

Mary Mata June 14, 2011

You heard me right. Most of us think that a glass of juice was the right way to start a healthy day. You can’t believe everything you see on television. […]

Obesity Can Lead To Arthritis, Cancer, And Even Death

Mary Mata June 7, 2011

Why do people always have to talk about obesity and diabetes as Latino issues? Surely, Latinos get other diseases worth discussing? Yes, this true, there are plenty of diseases to […]