African-American Families Find Support In Website That Lets Them Share Struggles With Violence, Hardships
The Black Child Legacy Campaign has been taking steps to reassure children in light of recent police killings, as well as bring families together so they can talk about their daily struggles that they uniquely face.
Capital Public Radio:
‘Loving Brown Babies’: How Black Families In Sacramento Talk To Their Kids About Violence
Parents in Sacramento’s low-income, largely black neighborhoods say a proactive family figure like [Latrell] Ludd isn’t always there for kids. And children in these ZIP codes die at more than twice the rate of white children from homicide, child abuse, unsafe sleeping conditions and stress-related birth complications, according to Sacramento County. To counter that trend, the Black Child Legacy Campaign recently launched Loving Brown Babies, a web page where African-American families share their hardships and successes in hopes of helping other families. (Caiola, 7/11)
In other public health news —
Los Angeles Times:
If You're An Adult In America, There's About A 50-50 Chance You've Been On A Diet In The Past Year
Dieting has become the new normal in the U.S. If you doubt this is true, just ask two American adults whether they’ve tried to lose weight in the past year. Odds are, one of them will say yes, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between 2013 and 2016, 49.1% of Americans ages 20 and up told interviewers with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey that they made an effort to shed some pounds in the previous 12 months. (Kaplan, 7/12)
Los Angeles Times:
Citing Health Study, Lancaster Mayor Wants To Ban Workplace Necktie Requirements For City Employees
Californians aren’t exactly known for their stuffy workplace attire. Even so, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris wants to forbid all city employers from requiring workers to don the enemy of the casual wardrobe: neckties. ... Last week, the mayor came across a new study published in the journal Neuroradiology that suggests wearing neckties may lower blood flow to the brain, potentially curbing creativity and analytical thinking. (Newberry, 7/12)