Protect Your Kids Hearing With These Recommendations uky.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uky.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Photo credit: Paul Bradbury/OJO Images via Getty Images.
The University of Kentucky Public Relations & Strategic Communications Office provides a weekly health column available for use and reprint by news media. This week s column is by George J. Fuchs III, MD, Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Kentucky Children’s Hospital.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 10, 2021) – From an early age, children are exposed to messaging that informs their food preferences that in turn shapes their eating habits. There is a direct correlation between the marketing of sugary snacks and drinks and health issues pediatricians see in their young patients.
An alarming 40% of adolescents are overweight or obese; that can set them up for serious health issues later in life, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and liver disease. In fact, the number one reason adults in the U.S. need a liver transplant is because of fatty liver disease.
File Photo: UK HealthCare employee receives the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 17, 2020. Mark Cornelison l UK Photo
The University of Kentucky Public Relations & Strategic Communications Office provides a weekly health column available for use and reprint by news media. This week s column is by Tukea Talbert, chief diversity officer at UK HealthCare.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 4, 2021) Underrepresented populations in the United States have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic. They are contracting, being hospitalized and dying from the virus at higher rates than white Americans.
According to the National Institutes of Health, Latinos, African Americans and American Indians make up more than half of all coronavirus-related cases, despite being only a third of the population.