healthy eating

RAQ-C’s World: My Healthy Snack Tips

By Raq-C | 04/26/2013 - 09:53 | 0 Comments

Thank you for joining me another week to read my blog, “RAQ-C’s World,” where I share with you all my tips on how to be a fabulous modern day Latina from the inside out. I like to touch on all subjects, from relationships to hot topics, fashion, health, spirituality, and career.

Today I wanted to touch on healthy snacking. I always get...

5 Surprising Ways to Lose Weight While on Vacation

5 Surprising Ways to Lose Weight While on Vacation

By Irina Gonzalez | 04/11/2013 - 17:30 | 0 Comments

Every time you go away on vacation, I know what you’re thinking: “There goes my diet!” It’s a pretty easy assumption to believe that all of the food you’re planning to consume while away is going to pack on the pounds....

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Child Obesity in the Latino Community

By Ylonda Gault Caviness | 06/07/2010 - 13:00 | 3 Comments

To the school nurse, there is no question that "Roni," a cherub-faced third-grader who tips the scales at more than 90 pounds and stands under four feet tall, is obese. At recess, she struggles to keep up with her classmates in a simple game of tag—panting near exhaustion and calling "time out" early and often.

"The poor baby has it bad," says Carla Hostos, part-time...

Daisy Martinez Tells Us How To Eat Healthy Morning, Noon & Night

By Mariela Rosario | 05/21/2010 - 11:00 | 0 Comments

Chef Daisy Martinez has been a cooking up delicious Latin treats for us on TV for years. From the French Culinary Institute to PBS to the Food Network, she has always made the art of cooking seem so easy and relatable. Latina.com sat down with the acclaimed chef to talk to her about her amazing new cookbook, Daisy: Morning, Noon and Night:...