Browsing by Author "Alvarez, Yamina"

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    • A college and a university collaborating on 'Moving On' Project: Reducing Hispanic childhood obesity 

      Messmer, Patricia R.; Hernandez-Pupo, Nora; Nitti, Yolanda; Santos, Giannina; Valdes, Guillermo; Muniz, Kathleen; Alvarez, Yamina (2017-07-07)
      Introduction: Childhood obesity is known to increase risk of obesity in adulthood and can lead to type 2 Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease (Chen et al, 2016, Evans et al, 2016; Bauer, 2015; Brown, ...

    • Moving "Ninos Obesos" Project: Reducing obesity in Hispanic and non-Hispanic children 

      Messmer, Patricia R.; Santos, Giannina; Nitti, Yolanda; Hernandez-Pupo, Nora; Alvarez, Yamina; Muniz, Kathleen; Valdes, Guillermo; Orta, Roxana; Etienne, Marie O.; Rodriguez, Maria Cary; Rodriguez, Elisa; Graziotti, Ann (2016-07-13)
      Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: Introduction: Globally childhood obesity is increasing (Bauer, 2015; Brown, Kuk & Lee, 2015; Falkner, 2015).Treating obesity-related illness in Florida (25%) costs $6,675,940. ...

    • Muevete NAHN Miami Chapter Project: Reducing obesity in Hispanic children 

      Messmer, Patricia R.; Alvarez, Yamina; Nitti, Yolanda; Orta, Roxana; Valdes, Guillermo; Graziotti, Ann; Etienne, Marie O.; Santos, Giannina; Hernandez-Pupo, Nora; Rodriguez, Elisa; Rodriguez, Maria Cary (2016-03-17)
      Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015: Introduction: Childhood obesity is widely recognized as a major public health problem of global significance (Onis, 2014). Treating obesity-related illness (25% of Florida ...

    • Ninos obesos: "Moving On" Project reduced obesity in Hispanic and non-Hispanic children 

      Messmer, Patricia R.; Nitti, Yolanda; Hernandez-Pupo, Nora; Santos, Giannina; Alvarez, Yamina; Muniz, Kathleen; Valdes, Guillermo; Etienne, Marie O. (2017-09-26)
      ASN/RN-BSN collegiate students conducted "Lets Move" at summer camps while BSN university students conducted "Let's Move" in elementary schools. This project helped to prevent childhood obesity.

    • Presents Muevete on Cinco de Mayo Day to reduce obesity in children of migrant workers 

      Messmer, Patricia R.; Alvarez, Yamina; Nitti, Yolanda; Santos, Giannina (2016-03-21)
      Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015: Introduction: In July, 2014, Mexico restricted food marketing to children since Mexico is the biggest per-capita consumer of Coca-Colaand 3rd largest markert by revenue for ...
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