FEATURE: Grown Fresh, From Screen to Dinner Table
In 2008, 31.7% of all US youth were overweight or obese and these rates are much higher in minority youth. In Southern California, a study of 71,949 youth aged 2-19 found that 37% were overweight or obese. Overweight and obese youth have higher rates of cancer, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, metabolic syndrome, depression, suicidal ideation and poor financial and educational achievement in adulthood. Gardening and cooking interventions have… Read More »FEATURE: Grown Fresh, From Screen to Dinner Table