Health

In a letter to Commissioner Califf, we urge the FDA to prioritize the development of a mandatory front-of-package nutrition labeling system that would help address health inequities facing Latinos and empower consumers to to make better informed dietary choices.

August 6, 2024

FoodHealthNutrition

Ahead of Congress’s negotiations on the Farm Bill reauthorization, new research from UnidosUS provides the first comprehensive state-by-state data on Latino participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

May 17, 2024

Food SecurityHealthHunger

Resources for Farm Workers in Dairy and Poultry: Learn about Bird Flu, how to recognize it, minimize its spread, and stay protected.

May 9, 2024

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The petition aims to protect Latino families from preventable neural tube defects by promoting informed consumer choices and incentivizing the industry to expand fortified options.

April 30, 2024

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Un programa de UnidosUS, liderado por promotores de salud, busca reducir el hambre e inculcar hábitos de compra y alimentación saludables entre los latinos a través de educación nutricional y asistencia para la inscripción en el Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Programa Especial de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria para Mujeres, Infantes y Niños (WIC, por sus siglas en inglés).

April 29, 2024

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UnidosUS’s program — led by community health workers (promotores de salud) — seeks to reduce hunger and instill healthy shopping and eating habits among Latinos through nutrition education and enrollment assistance in the SNAP and WIC.

April 29, 2024

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The Biden-Harris Administration is encouraging other states to do the same.

March 26, 2024

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Soon a million Floridians will have lost healthcare coverage because of poor infrastructure and bureaucratic red tape.

March 7, 2024

Call CenterChildrenFloridaHealth Careand 4 more tags

Last year’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) gave the Administration a tool to take executive action to help close dangerous loopholes in our laws and move us closer to background […]

December 12, 2023

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UnidosUS submitted comments in response to the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling Virtual Public Meeting. These comments provide evidence-based recommendations on how to […]

November 22, 2023

Food InsecurityHealthNutrition

A report analyzing the impact of Medicaid unwinding on Latinos and members of other historically marginalized communities.

November 6, 2023

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In a letter to congressional leaders, UnidosUS and 12 Hispanic advocacy organizations urge Congress to support USDA’s proposed nutritional enhancements to the WIC food package that would benefit the 2.7 million Latinos enrolled in the program.

November 3, 2023

Food SecurityNutritionWIC