Posts Tagged ‘diabetes’
Re-connecting With A Healthy Lifestyle: Replacing Soda With Water
November 3, 2017 – One way to address high obesity rates in Native American communities is to encourage families to drink less soda and more water. The STAR school near Leupp, Arizona is offering several incentives for students to swap out water for sugar-sweetened beverages. Correspondent Antonia Gonzales and producer Sarah Gustavus traveled to the…
Read MoreFighting diabetes and obesity and improving diet in Navajo Nation, a conversation with death educator Gail Rubin, and the Line panel.
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales and producer Sarah Gustavus travel to the Navajo Nation for the series “Reconnecting with a Healthy Lifestyle.” They explore what’s being done to fight diabetes and obesity by reducing consumption of soda and sugary beverages, and look at one school’s innovative way to get filtered…
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