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Tag Archives: obesity
Celebrating an All-Inclusive Food Day
Today, October 24th, people from all walks of life are coming together to celebrate the first annual Food Day. Across the country, activists, educators, students, chefs, local officials, and concerned eaters will be hosting and participating in community-building and awareness-raising … Continue reading
Posted in AFOP, Children in the Fields Campaign
Tagged American Farms, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Child Labor, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Education, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farmworker, Food Day, food justice, living wage, obesity, poverty, Senator Tom Harkin
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More Than Meets the Eye
Farmworkers are vulnerable to obesity for many reasons that can’t simply be fixed by education about healthy foods and exercise. While those are indeed crucial pieces in the complex puzzle of fighting obesity, farmworkers specifically face significant factors that influence … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged environmental health, Farmworker, food justice, obesity, poverty, Valentina Stackl
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A Big Burden to Bear: Farmworkers’ Struggle with Obesity
(Environmental Factors) By Doris Sempasa, Health & Safety Programs Intern Article: Are Chemicals Making Us Fat? Farmworkers in the U.S. are afflicted with obesity at alarming rates, sustaining many health complications, including diabetes and heart disease. For farmworkers, as is … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged diabetes, Doris Sempasa, Farmworker, obesegens, obesity, organochlorine pesticides, organophosphates, pesticides
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Farmworkers Exploited at Both Ends of the Production Line
One of the greatest injustices of our current, industrial food system is that it exploits farmworkers and their families at both ends of the production line—first as workers and then again as consumers. As workers, they perform back-breaking labor in … Continue reading
Posted in Children in the Fields Campaign
Tagged Child Labor, Children in the Fields Campaign, Farmworker, Food Charter, food justice, Food Policy Councils, Good Food, living wage, obesity, poverty, Sacramento Region Food System Collaborative
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