In South Los Angeles, a reborn hospital takes aim at chronic disease epidemic
Can a revamped community hospital overcome a history of dysfunction and place residents of South Los Angeles on a path to better health and lower rates of chronic disease?
View ArticleGrowing focus on children’s first 1,000 days threatened by proposed cuts to...
It's those first 1,000 days — from conception until a child's second birthday — that the brain most needs the right mix of nutrients to fully form. But programs that focus on such developmental goals...
View ArticleMedical issues among African Americans encourage doctors to discover solutions
The African American community has been witness to some of the worst health outcomes of any population. Officials at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Watts are trying to remedy that...
View Article‘Take charge of your life’ is advice from stroke patient
This article was produced as a project for the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Fellowship.
View ArticleAs Washington wrestles over health reform, communities brace for impacts on...
Uncertainty about proposed budget and policy changes in Washington have put low-income and working families — and the programs and agencies that serve them — on high alert.
View ArticleIn nation’s capital, rising gentrification undermines health of African...
“A lot of people think that these were poor African Americans moving out, but they were actually middle-class people, because the poor people had nowhere to go," one Georgetown researchers says of the...
View ArticleBuoyed by science, pediatricians and cities seek to lower children’s sugar...
The effort to limit children's daily sugar intake is gaining traction, fueled by emerging science, new beverage taxes, and new pediatric recommendations.
View ArticleNative comedian says exercise helps him both physically and mentally
Navajo comedian, motivational speaker and advocate Pax Harvey is among advocates addressing health and wellness in tribal communities at a grassroots level.
View ArticleMore than half of American babies are at risk for malnourishment
The first 1,000 days of nutrition can set a child’s course for life or perpetuate a cycle of poverty.
View ArticleNot exactly ‘Blue Apron,’ Trump plan stirs unhappy memories of commodity...
Trump's new budget wants to replace a portion of food stamp benefits with a box of "shelf-stable" items. For Native families who have endured such government-issued provisions in the past, that's a...
View ArticleHow nutrition during the first 1,000 days shapes the rest of a child's life
The critical importance of nutrition during the first 1,000 days of a child's life is now recognized in feeding guidelines around the world. Why hasn't the U.S. gotten the memo?
View ArticleMerced County has a childhood obesity problem. Want to do something about it?
Data shows children in Merced County are three times more likely to be obese than the average California kid.
View ArticleChildhood obesity: Do Merced schools provide too much fruit juice, chocolate...
Chocolate milk and fruit juice accounts for about half of sugar consumed by district students, according to a Sun-Star analysis of breakfast and lunch nutritional data.
View ArticleWe Got The Snack Receipts For LA Rec And Park's After-School Programs — It's...
Cheetos. Oreos. Capri Sun. That's just a sampling of the items that can be found on the menu every day at city-operated rec centers in Los Angeles, despite a high prevalence of childhood obesity in the...
View ArticleTripping over health: The Blue Zones Project’s plan to re-engineer...
Since the 2009 publication of “The Blue Zones," Dan Buettner has devoted himself to reengineering communities to improve residents' health.
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