Ruben Brambila's Blog Posts Tagged 'los' (4)

The Accelerated Schools Garden began in the spring of 2003 with a committee of teachers and parents interested in adding green space to their urban school. In Fall 2004, the accelerated school broke ground with students and volunteers on the site of a former parking lot across the street from the school. Since then, parents, students and community members have dedicated the last Saturday of the month…

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Last week, students from Baldwin Park's "Healthy Teens on The Move" - who are also founding Youth Leaders for Youth Activism Against Obesity's (YAAO) WereFedUp.com online social network - took some pictures and commented about their surroundings. This process helps youth describe their environment and empowers them to consider solutions! This process is called Photovoice.



In the next few months, Baldwin Park youth will be using these photos to influence schools, city leaders, and… Continue

Latimes.com - December 8, 2009

Fit teens could be smarter teens



Exercise provides a terrific brain boost, as a number of studies have shown. But cardiovascular fitness may trump strength training, according to new research.

The study found that having better cardiovascular health as a teenager was linked to not only higher scores on intelligence tests, but more education and a higher income years down the road.



Researchers from Sweden and USC examined… Continue

(From CDC website on H1N1)



Is obesity considered an underlying medical condition placing people at higher risk of H1N1-related complications?



Obesity is not one of the medical conditions that have previously been recognized to place people at greater risk of serious seasonal flu-related complications; however, obesity has been noted as an underlying medical condition in some hospitalized novel H1N1 patients. In a subset of 268 patients hospitalized with novel H1N1 early on… Continue