This month we celebrate National Nutrition Month. This is a perfect time to think about our own diet and make nutritional and physical activity changes to improve our health. Many of you might think that you are in optimal health because nothing seems to hurt, right? However, according to a survey by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke ranked in the top 5 leading causes of death in the Latino population. So you might ask, “Why do I have a high risk for these diseases and what can I do to prevent them?”
The fact that many Latinos are not eating healthy foods helps explain why many of them are at high risk for health problems. For example, when Latinos acculturate to mainstream society, their consumption of many healthy foods decreases and begin to eat more “American” food, for example, McDonalds, Chinese fast food, and other foods high in fat and lack nutrients. Furthermore, eating foods high in fat are very damaging to your health. READ FULL STORY
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