When it comes to gambling addiction, what segments of the U.S. population are most affected? This hour, we look at a new report by Connecticut Public Radio and the Sharing America initiative, which shines a light on the issue of problem gambling within the Southeast Asian refugee community.
Later, we discuss a new report on weight-based bullying and its effect on young members of the LGBTQ community. Dr. Rebecca Puhl of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity joins us and we also hear from you.
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GUESTS:
- Vanessa de la Torre - Reporter for WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio; she is also part of the public radio collaborative Sharing America (@vdelatorre)
- Quyen Truong - Outreach and Evaluation Manager of the North Central Regional Mental Health Board (@QuyenCycles)
- Tuyen Long - Lead Case Manager with Asian Family Services program of the Community Renewal Team in Hartford, Connecticut
- Dr. Rebecca Puhl - Deputy Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity and Professor in the Department of Human Development & Family Studies at UConn
READING LIST:
WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio: The Lure Of Luck: How Gambling Can Turn Addictive For Southeast Asian Refugees - "Southeast Asian refugees are among the groups that are especially vulnerable to falling into gambling addiction, experts say. One groundbreaking study more than a decade ago in Connecticut examined a sample group of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos -- and reported their rate of gambling addiction was almost 30 times the national average."
UConn: LGBTQ Teens Face High Rates of Weight-Based Bullying - "Researchers found that across sexual identities, 44 to 70 percent of LGBTQ teens reported weight-based teasing from family members; 41 to 57 percent reported weight-based teasing from peers; and as many as 44 percent reported weight-based teasing from both family members and peers."
Chion Wolf contributed to this show.
