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Good nutrition is vital to good health, disease prevention, and essential for healthy growth and development of children and adolescents.
 

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Celebrate National Nutrition Month® by making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. “Learn how to “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day”

Celebrate National Nutrition Month® by making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.
Practice eating right, your way, every day by learning how to incorporate your favorite foods into a healthier diet.
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Eat Right - Food, Nutrition and Health Tips

Everyday Eating for a Healthier You
The newly released 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans offer a practical roadmap to help you make changes in your eating plan to improve your health.

Balancing Calories to Manage Weight
The first step is to focus on balancing calories with physical activity and consuming an overall healthy eating pattern. This will put you on the road to achieving or maintaining a healthy weight and reducing the risk of developing diet-related chronic diseases.  Eat Rightpdf opens new window 362 kb

DASH - Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension is an eating plan rich in fruits, vegetables “Lowering Blood Pressure with a DASH of Good Advice!”

For years now nutrition experts and those in the medical field have focused in vain on avoiding salt as a principle dietary modification in the treatment of hypertension. While the importance of limiting sodium intake should not be undermined, research is now showing that lowering blood pressure with diet can be achieved in other ways. more 

 

How much do you really eat? How Much Do You Really Eat?

The average person makes about 200 food decisions every day, but puts real thought into only about 10% of them. Brian Wansink, Ph.D. at Cornell University has conducted clever experiments with things like a bottomless soup bowl and large bags of stale movie popcorn to reveal hidden dynamics of our dietary habits. more 

 

History of Green Tea All You Need to Know about Tea.

Tea in the form of green or black tea is the most consumed beverage next to water in the world. The use of green tea has gained popularity in the U.S. over the past decade. more 

May 9-15th Women’s Health Week!! - opens a pdf May is Women’s Health Monthpdf opens new window

Mothers Day is May 9th. It’s also the beginning of Women’s Health Week!!  Learn how all women can be healthier.   What is it?  Women's Health Month encourages women to take simple steps for a longer, healthier, and happier life. This month promotes families, communities, businesses, government, health organizations and other groups to work together to:

letsmove.gov - America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids Lets Move

The problem of childhood obesity and overweight has become quite a weighty one. Obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years. If this trend continues, for the first time in history, American children may face a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Our children today are experiencing chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes at an alarming rate. more

March is National Nutrition Month March is National Nutrition Month®

Many of you especially in the field of nutrition know that Monday, March 1, 2010 marks the beginning of National Nutrition Month®, a campaign to emphasize the importance of nutrition as a key component of good health.  more

 

“Speak up by Wearing Red” “Speak up by Wearing Red”

Friday, February 5, 2010, is National Wear Red Day® - a day when Americans nationwide will take women’s health to heart by wearing red to show their support for women’s heart disease awareness.  more

New WIC Food Packaging New WIC Food Package
  Tips for Healthful Holidays
Nutrition Tips   -  september-2009 5-2-1-0 Initiative
2009 WORLD BREASTFEEDING
MONTH CELEBRATION

“THINK EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS”
Paper or Plastic Paper or Plastic ?

On How you respond to this choice at the grocery store can have a positive or negative environmental impact.  Most of us chose the plastic bag. Americans use billions of plastic shopping bags a year.

 

National Men’s Health Week/ Month National Men’s Health Week/ Month

June is National Men’s Health Month and this year the theme is “Awareness. Prevention. Education. Family.” The Department of Health is sponsoring a number of activities and events throughout the month.

National GO RED for Women’s Day Get The Facts About Your Heart!!

One cup refers to a common measuring cup (the kind used in recipes). In general, 1 cup of raw or cooked vegetables or 100% vegetable juice, or 2 cups of raw leafy greens can be considered as 1 cup from the vegetable group.

 

What Counts as one cup Serving? What Counts as one cup Serving?

One cup refers to a common measuring cup (the kind used in recipes). In general, 1 cup of raw or cooked vegetables or 100% vegetable juice, or 2 cups of raw leafy greens can be considered as 1 cup from the vegetable group.

Mother Support: Going For The Gold Everyone Wins! World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7, 2008) World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7, 2008)

World Breastfeeding Week is a celebration that began in 1990 with the signing of the Innocenti Declaration signed by the participants at the WHO/UNICEF meeting on Breastfeeding in the 1990s: A Global Initiative on the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding.

Did you know.... that the Hottest Topic in Corporate America is Worksite  Wellness? Corporate America is Worksite Wellness?

The best part about it is that it is coming to the Palm Beach County Health Department....

We won a mini-grant to pilot a Worksite Wellness Program within a month.
Do not miss this exciting kick-off event! more

Women’s Health Week

Women’s Health Week

The 9th annual National Women's Health Week will kick off on Mother's Day, May 11, 2008 and will be celebrated until May 17, 2008. National Women's Check-Up Day will be Monday, May 12, 2008. more

Earth Day 2008 Earth Day

Earth Day has been an annual event for people around the world to celebrate the earth and renew our commitment to building a safer, healthier, and cleaner world for everyone. more

March is National Nutrition Month®. It’s a Matter of Fact March is National Nutrition Month®. It’s a Matter of Fact

New information about food and nutrition appears everyday. You are exposed to everything from news reports on scientific research to the latest trendy diet.  more

Go Red 2008 Join the Fight Against Heart Disease

The New Year is here and that may mean to start new resolutions in some aspects of your life. If health is one of your resolutions for this year, the following information can be useful to you: more

 

Renew Yourself in the New Year

The New Year is here and that may mean to start new resolutions in some aspects of your life. If health is one of your resolutions for this year, the following information can be useful to you: more

Fruits and Vegetables Health Risks Associated with being Overweight

Have you thought about losing weight? Being overweight can increase your risk for developing many health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, and gallbladder disease. more

Peripheral Arterial Disease Basic Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) 

According to NHLBIopens new window - one in every 20 Americans over the age of 50
has Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

PAD affects 8 to 12 million people in the United States, especially individuals over the age of 50.

It is more common in African Americans than any other racial or ethnic groups. more

Other Fall fruits and veggies Fruits & Veggies – More Matters ™

We have all heard that we need to eat more fruits and vegetables. However, it seems that Americans are not eating what has been recommended. So, we have to wonder, what are we eating and why is it not fruits and vegetables?  more

What schools are doing to decrease the prevalence of obesity in children

What schools are doing to decrease the
prevalence of obesity in children

2004 – Congress amended the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to include local wellness policies, this law mandated: more
 

Babies Are Born to Breastfeed Babies Are Born to Breastfeed

An informed choice on infant feeding can have a positive long-term effect on the health of both the mother and baby. The Health and Human Services National Breastfeeding Campaign promotes awareness that breastfeeding is the norm, or in other words, breastfeeding is the standard. more

Soy Super Soy

Soy is a vegetable that has complete protein with essential amino acids. Those essential amino acids help to protect the body.  more

National Nutrition Month © National Nutrition Month © Week 1

Take three bites less of everything. Three bites less of a typical fast-food burger will save you 100 calories, while leaving a couple of bites on your plate at each meal will spare you significant calories. Since our portions are almost always more than we need, you won't even notice.   more
 

National Nutrition Month © National Nutrition Month © Week 2

Move during commercials. If you walk around, march in place or do simple calisthenics, you'll burn at least 100 calories in two hours.  more

National Nutrition Month © National Nutrition Month © Week 3

Go skinny dipping. Instead of having guacamole with your favorite chips, try salsa. You'll save more than 100 calories per quarter-cup.  more

National Nutrition Month © National Nutrition Month © Week 4

Eat bread, not butter. Just three pats of butter with the bread basket equals100 calories.   more

Breast Feeding Breast Feeding

Over 120 countries celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. While the U.S. celebrates from August 1st – 7th, many countries celebrate in the first week of October.  more
 

Go Red for Women Go Red for Women

Fewer than 50% of American women know that heart disease is their leading killer. In 2002 the percentage was less than 30%!!   That Heart disease can often be prevented.  more
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Hungry for a Snack Hungry For A Snack?

Snacking may already be part of your daily routine at work, home, school, or even while driving. However, did you know that snacking can make a difference in your health?  more

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week the QuitLine is answered by bilingual (English-Spanish) speaking intake and counseling staff and TDD service for the hearing impaired.  Spanish calls may be routed to a voicemail during peak hours.- Stop Smoking (Florida Quitline) Call 1-877-U-CAN NOW (1-877-822-6669)

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Palm Beach County:
Susan V. Grammond, MPH, RD, LD/N
Clinical Coordinator-WIC and Nutrition
Palm Beach County Health Department
800 Clematis Street- Room 5523
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

(561) 671-4071


 


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