Healthy Lifestyles: Take Control of Your Health

“The Healthy Lifestyle Program empowers our patients to take control of their health”, said Dr. Robert Morantz, Program Director.

CLASSES:

Classes are held in four (4) week modules.

  • Saturdays 10:30 am – 1:30 pm (free lunch served)
  • Wednesdays 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm (free dinner served)

October 26, 2011 through November 16, 2011 (Wednesdays)
February 4, 2012 through February 25, 2012 (Saturdays)
May 9, 2012 through May30, 2012 (Wednesdays)

Registration required – Family and friends are welcome

Please contact the Neighborhood Health Clinic at 239.261.6600 if you wish to participate.  Healthy Lifestyles is a FREE program presented by the Neighborhood Health Clinic.

These interactive and hands-on classes include:

  • Lessons in proper food choices by a Registered Dietician
  • Lessons in exercises that can be carried out by everyone – no matter how busy you are
  • Lessons on stress management
  • Participants have baseline medical data on:
  • Lipids (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides)
  • EKG
  • Waist measurements
  • Height
  • Weight
  • Current A1C (if diabetic)
  • Testing is conducted to collect all base line medical data not already in the participants’ medical records at no charge to the patient.
  • Modules include:
  • Weekly 30 minute exercise session
  • Registered Dietician topics
  • Oral Health
  • Medical Tests
  • Stress Management
  • Lunch / Dinner

Patients have access to interactive fitness websites, instructional hand-outs, free elastic bands and pedometers to maintain a healthy level of physical activity between classes.  After the 4 week module is completed, participant progress is tracked for 18 months to measure outcomes.

Healthy Lifestyles Team:


 

 

 

 

 

 

Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle:

In these busy times it may be difficult to schedule and keep workouts. So why not find other ways to exercise such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator, parking at the far end of parking lots instead of near the doors and move about during commercial breaks while watching television?

Over the years Americans have fallen victim to “portion distortion”. It is important to read nutrition labels to find the accurate portion sizes.

It is also important to understand the harm that one does to one’s body and the tremendous amount of weight that can be gained by eating mainly “junk” or “fast food”.

VOLUNTEER:

Volunteers are involved in selecting, interviewing, and enrolling the appropriate patients, entering data on the participant’s progress, calling to confirm attendance, and in general working with the two program coordinators to insure that the program runs smoothly and thereby provides the maximum benefit to our patients.

Please click here if you have the desire to make a tremendous positive impact on the health of our working, uninsured patients and apply to become a volunteer.

FUNDING:

The Healthy Lifestyles program is funded through donations.  Please click here if you wish make a donation to the Neighborhood Health Clinic.

Patient Experiences

Each Healthy Lifestyle module is concluded with a graduation ceremony. Participants who attend at least three of the four weeks received a certificate of completion. Those participants who attended all four session receive a certificate presented by the program’s co-coordinators, Kathy Camisa and Jenny Anton.

In addition, the Healthy Lifestyles team presents various “awards” to those patients who make outstanding efforts to take control of their health. Some awards include most weight loss for male & female participants

During the May 28, 2011 graduation ceremony, Diana was recognized for her weight loss over the four weeks period.  She said the most useful information she found in the course was learning about serving sizes and how to read nutrition labels.

Another class participant, Manuel takes a moment at the end of the… Read more…