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RESOURCES
Here are a few items and programs to help maintain healthy eating habits and exercise. Visit their sites to learn more!
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A New Leaf... Choices for Healthy Living - The Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Women’s Health (OWH) has partnered with the Office of Minority Health and the Nutrition & Physical Activity Division to create a program targeted to women ages 18 – 64. The goal is to provide a structured nutrition, physical activity and assessment program to increase weight loss and promote healthy lifestyles. New Leaf targets women recognizing that women are the primary caregivers for their families. Women impact food choices, food preparation, and physical activity and are effective in incorporating these into their family’s lifestyle. New Leaf has been implemented in: Macon, Lowndes, Wilcox, Monroe, Tuscaloosa, Pike, Montgomery, and Coosa counties and is being launched in Dallas, Greene, and Mobile counties in the near future. The program is structured to provide ongoing weight loss support through local support groups and trained group leaders.
For more information, contact Jessica Hardy at the Office of Women’s Health by phone at (334) 206-5226 or via email.
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The WOMAN Challenge - This program is being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and encourages women and girls ages 9 and above to increase their physical activity levels. The
free, eight-week physical activity challenge begins on Mother's Day, May
11, 2008. For more information and to register, visit The Woman Challenge.
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WELCOA
- The Wellness Councils of America is a nonprofit organization
that helps businesses to implement employee wellness programs.
While there is a fee for companies that join, the organization's
Web site features a number of free resources that can be useful in
implementing an employee wellness program. For more information,
visit www.welcoa.org.
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Physical Activity in Alabama - This pamphlet from the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness gives information on how a lack of physical activity can adversely affect your health and how exercise can increase your chances of avoiding serious health problems.
- Tips for a Healthy Plate & a Healthy Weight - The Nutrition and Physical Activity Unit of the Alabama Department of Public Health offers this brochure, which contains tips on how to eat healthier.
- Healthy Weight - This brochure, put together by the Channing Bete Co., gives information on obesity and the health risks associated with being obese. It also offers advice on how to switch to a healthier diet and to start exercising.
- Start! - The American Heart Association’s new health program designed to increase physical activity and maintain a healthy diet.
It’s free to join. Go online and sign up for Start! You will receive access to a personal online fitness tracker, called MyStart! Online, along with monthly tips and expert advice on fitness and nutrition. For additional information please call your local American Heart Association office.
- Search Your Heart - An American Heart Association program that aims to address the disparity between the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke among African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos.
To find out how you can join or start Search Your Heart in your community, contact your nearest American Heart Association office.
- Five-a-Day - There is a great national program that encourages healthy eating (more fruits and vegetables) that might have some resources you can use. It is operated by a non-profit education group, and the campaign was designed by a coalition of government and private organizations.
- ShapeUp.org - This web site offers healthy eating tips, along with exercise advice.
- Face the Fats - A n educational campaign sponsored by the American Heart Association to teach Americans how to minimize trans fat in their diet and eat less foods loaded with saturated fat. The Bad Fats Brothers, known as "heart breakers," give you a new way to look at and remember which fats are bad, why they're bad and where they can be found.
- American Obesity Association - This site that contains information on how being obese can affect your health and your well-being. It also features information on childhood obesity and offers ways to help overcome being obese.
- The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity - Published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, this contains various fact sheets on obesity, along with other valuable resources
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