“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel, Businesswoman Esperança’s community health educators know a lot about preparing and eating healthy food. Participants in their community-based classes agree. One recent graduate of Esperança’s Salud con Sabor Latino class, a four-week training […]
Pasos para una Vida Saludable
El peso saludable varía de persona a persona y debe establecerse con el apoyo de un nutriólogo o un médico especialista en esta área. Bienvenido 2023, y con el vienen muchas ilusiones, esperanzas en donde miles de personas en todo el mundo llenan sus cabezas y sus paredes con nuevos […]
National Nutrition Month – time to make some changes!
Submitted by Alexia Vega, Community Health Educator Is obesity an epidemic? An epidemic is the appearance of a disease or condition that attacks many people at the same time in the same region. Obesity affects 1 in 5 children and adolescents, and the prevalence of obesity in adults is 42.5% […]
Having a Happy (and Healthy) Thanksgiving
Submitted by: Elizabeth Hammet, Esperança Intern Loved ones gathered around the table laughing, eating, and enjoying each other’s company…. this what comes to mind when I think of Thanksgiving. Sometimes the holidays are the only time we are able to be in the presence of all of our loved ones […]