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Latinos Live Longest Despite Poverty. Here's Their Secret

Jasmine Aguilera Yessenia Funes

December 08, 2015 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

U.S. Hispanics who pass down a tradition of food, family, and healing are healthier. But as generations become more assimilated, many are adjusting to less healthy diets and habits.

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How one of the most obese countries on earth took on the soda giants

Tina Rosenberg

November 03, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Chiapas

El Poder del Consumidor is an organization fighting Coca-Cola's power over health care decisions in Mexico. The organization tried many tactics but only found success after finding friends with enough money to compete with the beverage industry giants.

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This Iraqi couple fled ISIS but face another enemy in the US — diabetes

Sonia Narang

May 08, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

Diabetes hits US immigrant communities especially hard, with genetics and higher-calorie diets explaining just part of it. Support groups help immigrants with diabetes to find a way to eat healthy in the American high-calorie system.

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At a YMCA Near You, a Course for a Diabetic Nation

Tina Rosenberg

July 03, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Port Chester, New York

We know how to prevent diabetes - but the U.S, medical system, with its twisted priorities, doesn’t cover prevention. A new program at the YMCA aims to build structured, effective prevention measures.

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A Small West Virginia Town Rallies For Better Health

Ankita Rao

February 05, 2014 |

Kaiser Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

“Sustainable Williamson” combined ideas and initiatives from local officials, community members, nonprofit organizations to address both the economy and the well-being of a community where unemployment and drug use were climbing.

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It really does take a village: How Memphis is fixing healthcare

Alex Halperin

September 03, 2013 |

Salon |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Preventing and treating chronic disease for low-income patients is one of the most vexing and expensive public health problems in this country - the healthcare system in Memphis, Tennessee, is not immune. But in the middle of the last decade, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis’s largest hospital system, began teaming up with churches to address the city’s abysmal health situation and reduce the cost of care.

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The Microinsurance Revolution

Tina Rosenberg

June 06, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

If rich people need life insurance, poor people need it more. Here’s how millions of poor people are getting it – including people with AIDS.

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Conquering Food Deserts With Green Carts

David Bornstein

April 18, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Programs to get fresh produce carts to areas with no access to healthy food work best when government and determined entrepreneurs team up. Success from this model is evident in New York City, where the city has incentivized the selling of fruits and vegetables by street vendors in areas that are in the most need of the produce.

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