Published by Mass Mutual custom publication "Mutual Matters" in June 2013 Americans have good reason to be concerned about improving their health. Studies show that the higher a person’s body mass, the higher the risk of serious health issues including high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. And according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), almost 33 percent [...]
These men and women are reinventing themselves to thrive in a turbulent economy. IT'S LUNCH TIME AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, but instead of reaching for her keys, Jeanette Silvas grabs her backpack. Every moment counts for Silvas, who works as an executive administrative assistant while attending school full-time. She spends her lunch hour [...]
Bad nutrition plays a key role in the development of chronic conditions that plague Latinos today. In fact, a big threat to Hispanics is obesity. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, Hispanic Americans are 1.2 times as likely to be obese than Non- Hispanic Whites. Reducing obesity means lower risk for diabetes and heart disease. When registered and licensed dietitian Diana [...]
With the staggering growth of women business owners in the U.S, women are becoming the fule that drives the economy. According to recently released census statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Business Owners reports that there were 787,914 companies owned by Hispanic women in 2007, (the time of the survey), representing a 45 percent increase [...]
Today, Hispanics are online more than ever. As natural communicators, teachers and communicators of new ideas, Latinas are at the forefront of this trend-leveraging the possibilities presented by the internet to launch blogs, create communities, engage in social and mobile media, and more. Numbers Attract Attention from White House and Corporations According to the Latinos in [...]
