Stocking Up!

Type One Diabetes is responsible for taking 700,000 American lives every year and is the 7th leading cause of death in the nation. A statistic registry done by the UTRGV Border Health Office found that 17.8% of the population in Hidalgo County has been diagnosed with diabetes, and it affects a majority of the people throughout the rest of the Rio Grande Valley as well.
As a response to this issue, Diabetes Awareness walks were started in the La Joya ISD by the Wellness Department and are coordinated by Marissa Saenz.
On November 12, the La Joya Stadium will have a Diabetes Awareness Walk, where members of the community will gather to raise awareness for this prominent community issue.
Many school organizations will volunteer and attend the walk, including our own Leo’s Club. “I find it important to attend the walk because it shares an awareness that diabetes is the second leading cause of death here in the valley for Hispanics, and I don’t think enough of us know that,” said Yesenia Torres, the coordinator of Leo’s Club at Carter.
Not only does the walk help raise awareness, but it also shows the community that those attending are passionate about finding an affordable alternative for insulin and supporting people that are diagnosed with diabetes.
Carter students are getting involved and plan on attending the walk. “I think it’s important that students are involved in the walk because it demonstrates that Red Wolves care about the community,” said junior Victor Saldivar.
By ensuring that the community is involved in bringing awareness to diabetes, it makes finding a solution a real possibility.
Medication that must be administered to a student during school hours must be provided by the students parents: all medication, whether prescription and nonprescription, must be kept in the nurse’s office and administered by the nurse or another authorized district employee, unless the students are permitted of asthma or a severe allergy as described below or as otherwise allowed by law.
Let’s consider the effects of Monster drinks.
All the high caffeine that’s in the Monster is responsible for most of the side effects. Nervousness and jitteriness are side effects of drinking Monster. Agitation can cause sweating, tremor, and racing thoughts. Also the more you drink, the more anxiety you get.
Energy drinks neither for children nor safe for their hearts. Each can contain high amounts of caffeine.
Dr.Steven Lipshultz said, “The drinks have no benefit for children who drink them.”
The American Heart Association’s meeting in New Orleans found that drinking Monster can mess with the heart’s rhythm. It can also increase blood pressure. The aforementioned changes can lead to irregular heartbeat and even sudden death.
Most kids think energy drinks will give them more energy. Kids also think it will help them lose weight, but there is no evidence that energy drinks help with any of thesis goals.
The district has adopted and implemented the state and federal policies and guidelines for food service, including the instructions to restrict students access to vending machines. Schools are more healthy with vending machines with products like apples, bananas, oranges, fruit salad, water, juice, and many more healthy things. The school has an opportunity and responsibility to create a healthy campus.
It will be great for our school to have healthy vending machines to have more healthy snacks and not chips around our campus. One of the advantages of having vending devices is to provide efficiently for students. The problem of installing vending machines is that the U.S Department of Agriculture has recently proposed to impose restrictions on food items sold in schools.
A student said, “ It will help us get snacks when we do not like the food for lunch, and it will still give us the nutrients we need.”