Towards A Healthy Harlem
Today the Health Department released a new Epi Data Brief about the diabetes epidemic in New York City. Nearly 650,000 adult New Yorkers reported having diabetes in 2011, an increase of about 200,000 adults since 2002. Continue reading
The Health Department launched a new ad campaign today encouraging consumers to compare nutrition labels and choose products with less sodium. Continue reading
Findings underscore importance of preventive measures such as drinking fluoridated tap water
More than one in three adult New Yorkers are at risk for tooth decay from consuming one or more sugar-sweetened beverages per day, according to a Health Department Vital Signs report released today. Continue reading
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene this week launched the latest wave of its “Pouring on the Pounds” campaign. For two years and counting, the campaign continues to expose the shocking amounts of sugar in the most popular sweet drinks and the devastating health consequences associated with all the extra calories in soda, sweetened teas, sports drinks and more. Continue reading
In a continuing effort to educate New Yorkers about the potentially serious health effects of consuming sugary drinks, the Health Department today launched the second Internet video of its “Pouring On the Pounds” campaign. Continue reading
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Influenza is still circulating in New York City , and the season is still young, the Health Department reminded New Yorkers today. The H1N1 virus is likely to persist in the coming months, and seasonal influenza could increase as well, as it often does during the winter months. Fortunately, there is still time to get vaccinated – and vaccines to prevent both types of influenza are widely available.
This reminder comes on the eve of National Influenza Vaccination Week, a nationwide effort sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It also coincides with the publication of a new study by the CDC and the Health Department appearing today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which provides the fullest analysis yet of the first 99 patients hospitalized for H1N1 influenza in New York City last spring. Continue reading
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Here are the Health Department’s top five resolution picks, based on real data about sickness and health in New York City. Because changing old habits can be hard, our rundown also includes online resources that are available 24 hours a day to help you thrive in 2010.
1. Don’t drink yourself fat.
Eating less is one way to lose weight, but choosing different beverages may be easier. The calories in a daily bottle of soda can make you 10 pounds fatter over a year’s time, without ever filling you up. To find or share tips on healthy ways to quench your thirst, check out this video:
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Images of disabling and deadly health effects may make smokers think twice before lighting up
The Health Department today unveiled a new line of matchbooks, which use vivid images of the effects of smoking to prompt smokers to quit. Images of ravaged lungs, rotting gums and large, painful tumors are also designed to counter tobacco industry marketing, which undercuts awareness of the devastating consequences of smoking. The matchbooks, an extension of the Health Department’s 2008 “Eating You Alive” advertising campaign, are free at 132 cigarette retailers in the South Bronx, East and Central Harlem, and North and Central Brooklyn .
“Throat cancer, gum disease, blackened lungs – these are the realities of smoking,” said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden , New York City Health Commissioner. “Many countries put these images right on the cigarette pack, where they belong. While the US hasn’t done this yet – and New York City is pre-empted from requiring cigarette package labels – we are putting these images where New Yorkers buy cigarettes, just before they light up, in the hope they’ll think twice about the decision to continue smoking.” Continue reading
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Tagged Health Department, Marlem smokers, matches
For over a year now, chickens have been mysteriously gathering on a vacant lot on 125th Street in Harlem and hanging out on the sidewalk. Corey Kilgannon over at the Times investigates, and a construction worker tells him, “This crazy guy keeps buying them from the market — some animal-right guy, but I think he’s messed up in the head — and he keeps leaving them here. He thinks he’s saving them, but it’s not like they’re safe around here. Somebody told me the hawks swoop down on them, too. Continue reading
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Tagged A.S.P.C.A., Corey Kilgannon, Health Department
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The Health Department this week proposed rules and outlined procedures to guide the implementation of New York City ’s new restaurant grading system. Continue reading →
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