By Elizabeth Heubeck RECOMMEND TWEET EMAIL PRINT MORE Melanie Stengel Photo. Leslie Argueta, who is earning a degree in human services, works at the Goodwin University food pantry. She’s also a client. Leslie Argueta is a 21-year-old…
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By Elizabeth Heubeck Recommend Tweet Email Print More Chelsea French (right) carries a box of food into the pantry at TEEG (Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group) after a delivery from Foodshare as Carl Asikainen, (left) food…
Despite being marketed as a healthy, nutritious drink, some V8 juices are filled with sugar, an ingredient well known to be unhealthy in large amounts. According to a Dec. 7 federal lawsuit, V8 brand juices…
By Theresa Sullivan Barger Melanie Stengel Photo. Volunteer Marsha Royster adds canned beef to bags at the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen. The nation’s food bank system, created to provide emergency food assistance, fills a chronic…
By Christine Woodside Melanie Stengel Photo. Sandy Flores of City Seed puts away a bag of $1 tokens at the close of the Wooster Farmers Market. Snap recipients can scan their EBT cards and receive…
By Sujata Srinivasan Johanna Vasquez, 19, and her 4-month-old baby ended up at Malta House in Norwalk as a result of an abusive relationship. Vasquez’s boyfriend hit her, she said, because he was home without…
By Jodie Mozdzer Gil 7 hours ago RecommendTweet EmailPrintMore Melanie Stengel Photo. Georgina Castelon (left) and Juana Rodriguez pick up produce, including cabbage, carrots and kale after an exercise class at John S. Martinez School…
By Colleen Shaddox Wanda Perez considers the price and nutritional value of everything she puts in her shopping cart, as the New Haven woman relies on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy groceries…
By Peggy McCarthy People struggling with hunger suffer from a disproportionate number of chronic illnesses and often rely on food pantries for their groceries. So, pantries are now being urged to undergo a sea change…
By Gary Stoller A Superior Court judge is expected to decide by year’s end whether to limit the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a newborn, Calvin Jimmy Lee-White, who died after…
By Jennifer LaRue Thousands of Connecticut residents are prediabetic but don’t know it and if they did, doctors say, early detection and lifestyle changes could prevent diabetes from developing in most people at risk. The…
By C-HIT Staff For those living with diabetes, eating healthy and knowing how foods affect blood sugar levels is crucial to managing the disease. The Conn. Health I-Team, (www.c-hit.org) in collaboration with ConnectiCare and the…
By Jenifer Frank Nearly 40 percent of all black kindergartners are overweight or obese, and nearly 40 percent of all Hispanic kindergartners in Connecticut are, too. A new policy brief by the Child Health and…
By Cara Rosner Like all pediatricians, Dr. Lori Smith keep tabs on many aspects of her patients’ health, but until recently the Westport-based doctor didn’t always consider whether the children she sees might be going…
By: Gary Stoller Every week for the past 7½ years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has identified an average of two dietary supplements being sold to consumers that were “tainted” and “potentially hazardous,” a…
By: Cara Rosner Despite studies that may have turned off older women from taking calcium supplements, experts and new findings say there is no increased risk of having cardiovascular problems – if women communicate with…
By: Cara Rosner Thousands of Connecticut children could potentially avert hunger and gain access to healthy foods under proposed legislation to raise a federal nutrition program’s age limit. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is co-sponsoring legislation…
By: Cara Rosner Women trying to combat high blood pressure may have a new weapon in their arsenal: blueberries. Daily consumption of blueberries has been shown to lower blood pressure and lessen arterial stiffness in…
By: Magaly Olivero Morbidly obese individuals who had weight loss surgery are seeking treatment for eating disorders years after their procedure, prompting concerns among some experts about the assessment process used to identify surgical candidates….
By: Julia Werth As one of the wealthiest towns in the state, Darien has few residents who routinely go hungry. It’s also ranked in the bottom quartile of Connecticut when it comes to services for…