Ruben Brambila's Blog Posts Tagged 'social' (2)

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

(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