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Elevated “Hunger” Hormone Leaves Trauma-Exposed Teens at Higher Risk for PTSD

Chronic stress increases a blood-based hormone called acyl-ghrelin for years after the initial traumatic stressor exposure in some adolescents, and those with elevated levels of the hormone are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to experience more severe cases of the condition, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published August 20 in JAMA Network Open . ...

Trauma and Childhood Obesity – LIVE WEBINAR

Trauma and Childhood Obesity – LIVE WEBINAR CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Presented by: Leah N. Owen, MC, LAC Friday, October 2, 2020 8:30am – 4:30pm (Arizona Time) $50.00 Feel confident working with clients with obesity issues Gain resources to share with clients and their families See childhood obesity in a new way Be more effective in assessing clients and addressing the entire person Training Description The session titled Trauma and Childhood Obesity will begin with an overview of childhood...

How Grocery Shopping Online Could Help Close Equity Gaps (calhealthreport.org)

Late last month, California’s food stamps program, CalFresh, began allowing beneficiaries to buy groceries online at participating stores—a recent upgrade to the program that lets families skip potentially perilous grocery shopping trips during the coronavirus pandemic and limit the spread of the disease. Now, food policy advocates are asking the state to provide the same purchasing opportunity for pregnant women and families with young children who get benefits through WIC . “We applaud the...

‘Building Wealth and Health Network’ Reduces Food Insecurity Without Providing Food [drexel.edu]

As the coronavirus pandemic forces so many to reckon with growing food insecurity and increased health challenges, the Building Wealth and Health Network program of Drexel University’s Center for Hunger-Free Communities is reducing food insecurity and improving mental health – without distributing any food or medicine. How? By focusing on group experiences that promote healing and help people save money and take control over their own finances. Parents of young children, who completed the...

Its Not Obesity, Its Slavery

The cultural narrative that black people’s weight is a harbinger of disease and death has long served as a dangerous distraction from the real sources of inequality, and it’s happening again. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/opinion/coronavirus-race-obesity.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Reframing Health Ethics to Support Liberation

One of my favorite thinkers on trauma-informed care talks about the problem of "healthism." I think it is an important concept to consider. She writes: "Healthism teaches that health is mainly about personal responsibility. It’s a set of beliefs that sees health as an outcome of lifestyle, and the healthcare system..... We need to replace healthism with the message that health emerges from right relationship . The route to health is social action — making sure we all have food, dignity,...

Hot Chips

"Every time, hot chips. Whenever she walks into my room, she acts panicked: “Do you have my hot chips?” But what I hear is, Did you remember me? Do I matter? Do you care?" https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/article/2460/hot-chips/f9ed6a09-9e88-4291-bc2e-b4b1b08acb18/OIM?fbclid=IwAR0wgKxkPIYvDpeQL3pCz6hCghpl5PZ0b8Jy2x_KjzxamVpifsbM_14Ou2o

Investing in our Roots: How Gardening is Improving Native Health and Food Sovereignty at Standing Rock (indiangiver.firstnations.org)

When we look at history, American Indians are often the canary in the mine. When their health goes, it’s a sign of what’s in store for other populations. This is one of the many reasons behind the work of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Nutrition for the Elderly program. Here, with the support of First Nations, this community is not only protecting that canary by improving Native health but taking active steps to promote food sovereignty. A food desert The canary metaphor comes from Petra...

To Exist Comfortably in My Own Skin...

This writer expresses an essential idea about health. She writes about existing comfortably in her own skin as the motivation to be fit and eat healthy. I often think the field of health and wellness is doing a disservice to us all by ignoring this message and instead promoting healthy eating/exercise for weightloss or illness prevention. Sure exercise and diet can affect those things, but our messages also promote confusion, stress and anxiety, unattainable standards, body shaming, and diet...

The Value of Eating with Gratitude (wakeup-world.com)

Mindful eating offers potential complementary therapy to help people overcome compulsive overeating and other disordered habits. It also promises to help those who don’t have an identified disorder to exercise more control over their diets. Mindful eating simply entails paying more attention to what you’re putting into your body. It means avoiding behaviors such as emotional eating , like when you’re feeling bored or lonely. It also advises that you eliminate multitasking while you nosh.

Join the dialogue 1/30/20 at 6:30pm: Our Food While Living Colored

This event was shared by March For Black Women SD and Mid-City CAN: JAN 30 Our Food While Living Colored Public · Hosted by March For Black Women SD and Mid-City CAN (Community Advocacy Network) clock Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM pin 4305 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92105-1601, United States Show Map Hosted by March For Black Women SD Message Host ticket Tickets www.eventbrite.com Find Tickets Join us as we discuss Food as Medicine, Afro-Centric Food Justice, Resistance...

Feeding San Diego Announces Free New Technology Platform to Reduce Food Waste (livewellsd.org)

On November 5, 2019, Feeding San Diego , announced the launch of MealConnect TM in San Diego County. This free and innovative technology platform connects surplus food from restaurants and other food service providers to Feeding San Diego’s volunteer drivers and agency partners. Developed by Feeding America, MealConnect is an exciting new way for the community to divert good food from going to waste and increase the availability of nutritious food for the one in eight people facing hunger in...

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