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| HEALTHY CITY FALL RIVER NUTRITION VIDEOS |
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Project leader Pat Bebo of the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program
led an interactive session with representatives of local health and human
service agencies in Fall River and New Bedford on April 12, 2011 in the
classroom at Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR). The purpose
of the session was to help participants think more critically about the
purpose of serving food at agency events for both children and adults.
"We tend to think of food separately from the performance of the
meeting," states Bebo who made a number of suggestions about how to
"change the paradigm" by using these events to introduce people
to more nutritious foods rather than serving what's simply expected. Click
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Join Pat Bebo of the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program and Chef Bill Walker of Durfee High School culinary arts as they show you how to set up a basic pantry of cooking ingredients and how to prepare simple but nutritious and low-cost meals. See all of the episodes of Look Who’s Cooking on your computer anytime on FRED-TV.us by clicking here. Just pick an episode and watch it as often as you'd like. Also, check out the recipes. Or tune into ComCast Channel 17 on Sunday mornings at 11:00 to see the episode that's playing that day. For more information about the project, contact Mass In Motion coordinator Julie Kelly at 508-324-2411. Click here for the web page on the making of the show. |
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In order to help parents learn to help their children manage their weight, a session in the “Meet the Pediatric Pros” series offered free information for parents and other caregivers on March 31, 2009. Sponsored by Fernandes Center for Children & Families of Saint Anne's Hospital, pediatric dietitian Kathleen Bucklin, RD spoke on “Weigh Well: the ABCs of Children's Weight Management”. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island, Bucklin is a registered dietitian who works with children of all ages on a variety of nutrition topics and issues, including weight management. Saint Anne’s Hospital is Greater Fall River’s only comprehensive provider of inpatient and outpatient pediatric health services for children from infancy through young adult. For further information about the series, contact Anne Ferreira at 508-235-5056. Click here for the web page. |
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Saint
Anne’s certified diabetes educator Rose Marie Couto, RN, CDE
presented “Diabetes Prevention
and Management,” the first session in an educational program for adults held from Oct. 5-26, 2010. With
a common-sense, easy-to-use approach that focuses on healthy eating
and exercise, she describes a few simple steps can
help prevent one of the country’s most prevalent diseases.
According to the American
Diabetes Association, 57 million people nationally have prediabetes,
a condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal but
not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Recent research has
shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart
and circulatory system, may already be occurring during prediabetes.
In the Fall River area, the incidence
of diabetes in the Fall River area is higher than both state and
national averages. “However, the good news,” says Couto, “is
that there are strategies that can actually help to prevent
diabetes, and many tools for successfully managing it. Our goal with
this program is to help people understand diabetes, learn what’s
possible to help them prevent or manage diabetes, and get the help
they need so they can live healthy, productive lives.” To see |
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