OCCHD will use information gathered at the meetings to develop initiatives and make changes to programming to improve community health.
wellness
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Myriad Gardens’ new health and wellness initiative offers myriad reasons to get outside and eat well
Fleener said she appreciates the general cultural shift away from dieting and “getting fit” toward “being well.”
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Health Department offers programs, support to help 2016 be healthier year
One in three Oklahoma youths is either overweight or obese, Friedl said.
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Weight converters
But thanks to free 12-week programs, Cassandra Bennett, 49, has lost 70 pounds and is no longer feeling the lethargy and depression she suffered after this traumatic experience. “The teachers were encouraging and said, ‘You can do it,’ and it was always an atmosphere that was positive and uplifting,” Bennett said. The Oklahoma City-County Health […]
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Senior center hiccups
NorthCare, along with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department and Healthy Living, Inc., a nonprofit linked to Putnam City Baptist Church, are negotiating with city officials to run one of the four planned wellness centers. Construction on the first wellness center is estimated to begin in 2016. “I think we should have been the first choice […]
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Class act
Mary Kate Henson Credit: Mark Hancock “Childhood obesity in Oklahoma is on the rise in all areas, but in zip codes with lower incomes, lower accessibility to grocery stores and low walkability, poor health trends are even higher,” said Mary Kate Henson, health promotion specialist at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department, which established the “Wellness […]
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Wizard of health
Steve Leim works on the fruit bar at ASTEC. Credit: Mark Hancock Oz started the HealthCorps program in 2002 to help empower kids to make healthier lifestyle choices. The two-year program involves in-school placement of a peer-mentor coordinator who focuses part of the curriculum on nutrition, fitness, and mental resilience. ASTEC is the first in […]
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NE OKC gaining wellness center
OCCHD seeks partners to provide space at the Regional Health and Wellness Center for primary care, mental health, dental and other medical services, as well as fitness programs for children and seniors, according to Gary Cox, department director. So far, he said, the public response has been positive since the center was announced June 30, […]