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Culture a Key to Healthier Immigrant Communities

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The Tavárezes dance to Maranga music around dinnertime.
The Tavárezes dance to Maranga music around dinnertime.
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The Tavárezes prepare dinner in their kitchen.
The Tavárezes prepare dinner in their kitchen.
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Eva Tavárez washes vegtables as her dad, Marcos, cooks in the background.
Eva Tavárez washes vegtables as her dad, Marcos, cooks in the background.
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Marcos Tavárez says his family has made cultural changes in order to stay healthy.
Marcos Tavárez says his family has made cultural changes in order to stay healthy.
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Michelle Tavárez helps Eva prepare a salad.
Michelle Tavárez helps Eva prepare a salad.
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The Tavárezes prepare a dinner ofchicken, corn, grapes, a Dominican –style red beans and rice recipe known as Moro,and a salad.
The Tavárezes prepare a dinner ofchicken, corn, grapes, a Dominican –style red beans and rice recipe known as Moro,and a salad.
May 20, 2012 - Sean Powers - 0 comments
(Funded in part by a grant from the Lumpkin Family Foundation)
The obesity epidemic in this country is running rampant, and it’s hitting Latinos especially hard. A program at the University of Illinois seeks to address that issue by focusing on the connection between culture and health.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, Hispanics have lower mortality ...

Urbana Schools Expand Nutrition Education

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Christy Crouch teaches kindergarten at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana.
Christy Crouch, a kindergarten teacher at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana, shows off a plum to her students.
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Students at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana.
(r to l) Fourth graders Chris Cross, John Thomas, Mico Gaines, Michael Guiles, & Nick Probst have lunch at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana.
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Chris Cross is a fourth grader at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana.
Chris Cross, a fourth grader at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana, has lunch at the school.
May 13, 2012 - Sean Powers - 0 comments
(Funded in part by a grant from the Lumpkin Family Foundation)
Snack time in elementary school may have once been a break from the day’s lesson, but now it’s part of it in the Urbana School District.
Christy Crouch teaches kindergarten at Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana. During a visit to the class, her students prepared to bravely go where some o...

Initiative Encourages Biking, Walking to School

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Students walking and biking to Leal Elementary School in Urbana.
Students walking and biking to Leal Elementary School in Urbana.
May 06, 2012 - Sean Powers - 0 comments
(Funded in part by a grant from the Lumpkin Family Foundation)
A nationwide initiative known as Safe Routes to School is designed to make walking and biking to school safer and more appealing. But threats to federal funding and concerns over child safety issues could hamper it.
On a clear, sunny afternoon, Emily Svendsen walks a couple of blocks from her home in Urban...

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