Hispanic Physicians Recommend Strategies to Reduce Health Disparities, starting with Reducing Added Sugar in our Diets
"The NHMA is supporting the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to increase healthy eating patterns, according to Dr.
The evidence base for associations between eating patterns and specific health outcomes continues to grow. Strong evidence shows that healthy eating patterns (reducing sugar and sodium intake) are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Moderate evidence indicates that healthy eating patterns also are associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancers (such as colorectal and postmenopausal breast cancers), overweight, and obesity. Added sugar reduction, especially by decreasing sweetened beverages and increasing water consumption, needs to become a major health education effort in our schools, clinics and in our families.
Racial/ethnic healthcare and health disparities exist in our country for minorities living in poverty or in middle class neighborhoods where they live with chronic stress – low income jobs, high unemployment, crime, drugs, gangs, substandard housing, unsafe public spaces, guns, lack of nutritious food and drinks, lack of clean air and water and our undocumented family members live in constant fear of deportation and family break-ups. The consequences of these social determinants of health are early childhood obesity that lead to young adult heart disease, diabetes, asthma, HIV, cancers, depression and mental illness and drug addictions.
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