Category: Fitness
ESPN kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with prime time observance
LatinaLista — The countdown has begun for the annual month-long observance otherwise known as Hispanic Heritage Month. While various media channels are broadcasting special programming that highlight Latinos and our contributions to the US, there are signs that the annual observance has really reached Prime Time. It seems ESPN will “kick off” the special month [...]
Calling “Mature” Latinas: University researchers want to know what you think about exercising
LatinaLista — If there is one vice most Latinas have, especially as we get older, is that we don’t exercise enough. It’s clearly evident with the skyrocketing diabetes rates among us. So why don’t we exercise more? No time? Exhaustion? Just don’t care? Too busy?
An Olympic spotlight shone on the harsh reality of mixed-status families
While freestyle wrestler Henry Cejudo basked in the glow of Olympic gold medal success, his family story as the son of undocumented immigrants underscores a punitive federal policy that separates mixed status families. LatinaLista — It’s no wonder that the unexpected Olympic gold medal win by freestyle wrestler Henry Cejudo took the news media by [...]
A Latin approach to dieting promises a “bombshell body”
Latin cuisine takes center stage in a new diet book that mixes cultural anecdotes, psychology and traditional ingredients to create a slimming regimen. LatinaLista — What’s not to like about a diet plan that appeals to cultural pride, does side-by-side comparisons of itself with more popular plans and doesn’t just try to explain all the [...]
Global race event strides to bring people together for a good cause
LatinaLista — We’ve all heard about the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and for some of us, it’s about the only time we join with friends and strangers to lace up and sweat for a good cause. Well, now there’s another reason to do it and, at the same time, participate in an [...]
Revving for Career Success on the Fast-Track of Drag Car Racing
Erica Ortiz breaks gender barriers and speed records to cross the finish line as a Latina pro drag race car driver. Erica Ortiz LatinaLista — Florida-native Erica Ortiz has always had a competitive streak. It’s what fueled this Cuban/Puerto Rican’s dreams of athletic success throughout her school years. Yet when a serious car accident sidelined [...]
Getting to the root of why so many Latino children are out of shape and gordo
LatinaLista — A landmark study released by the American Journal of Public Health just days before the close of 2006 revealed an alarming trend: Latino pre-schoolers are twice as likely as white or black children to be overweight or obese. The researchers couldn’t explain it, but two Latinas may very well hold the answer in [...]
New Latino Diet Guide Doesn’t Discount Cultural Roots to Eating Healthy
LatinaLista — Among all the crisis that plague the well-being of Latinos, diet, or lack of it, is at the top. A new nutritional guide scheduled for a national roll-out this month, titled Camino Magico, released this week by the Latino Nutrition Coalition and a company named Oldways presents yet another guide to get Latinos [...]
The NFL Tackled Homeland Security and Scored a Touchdown
LatinaLista — If Homeland Security had had their way, in addition to watching Super Bowl commercials of men pulling out their chest hairs after eating a Snickers bar, we would have been subject to watching a recruitment ad for the U.S. Border Patrol. That in itself may not have been bad but the content of [...]
An NFL Consumer Survey Shows Few Hispanics Consider Themselves NFL Fans – But is that True?
LatinaLista — An interesting survey would be to see if Hispanic viewership of Dallas Cowboys’ games increased this season after Tony Romo came on the field? As soon as everyone heard that Romo’s Hispanic grandparents, Ramiro and Felicita Romo, lived in Crockett, Texas, brown pride in the Cowboy quarterback exploded. Yet, not enough for Latinos [...]
