Linda's Mission
Linda's mission is to help you improve your quality of life with simple, easy-to-implement tools that promote proper nutrition and healthful living for a lifetime.
Linda is concerned about America's increasing issues with overindulgence, poor eating habits, and inactivity, which are resulting in long term health problems and increased healthcare costs. San Antonio (Bexar County) is now one of the most obese cities in America. Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in Bexar County followed by Cancer at #2 and Diabetes at #6. Focusing on healthy lifestyle choices as a key component of wellness and disease prevention holds great promise in reducing the incidence and progression of chronic illness, sources of disability, and conditions that cause premature death. Given that there are no cures for many of these conditions, strategies to promote healthy lifestyles, such as visiting Linda, a Registered Dietitian, is vital to improving health outcomes.
Look at these most recent statistics about our health & lifestyle choices in Bexar County, compared to the rest of Texas and our nation's goals for Americans! Where do you fit?
HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE STATISTICS
| Lifestyle Indicators |
% in Bexar County |
% in Texas |
Healthy People 2010 Goal |
| Eat at least 2 fruit servings/day |
20 |
13 |
75% |
| Eat at least 3 servings vegetables/day |
16 |
11 |
50% |
Considered Obese -
based on BMI 30 or more |
25 |
20 |
No goal |
| Health Weight or BMI 19-25 |
35 |
40 |
60% |
| Diabetes / High Blood Sugar |
11 |
6 |
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| Chronic Heart Disease |
6 |
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| Hypertension |
26 |
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| Eat a high fat diet |
14 |
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| Use food labels |
31 |
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| No Leisure Time Activity |
32 |
29 |
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| Chronic Drinking |
8 |
5 |
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Data Sources:
- Texas Department of Health
- The "2002 Bexar County Community Health Assessment Report." Commissioned by the Bexar County Community Health Collaborative and compiled by researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health San Antonio Regional Campus, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and Our Lady of the Lake University.
- Healthy People 2010 is the prevention agenda for the Nation. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.
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