Wellness
Aim for a Healthy Weight
This booklet for adults contains practical, easy-to-use information for losing and maintaining weight - including tips on healthy eating and physical activity, other options such as weight loss medications and weight loss surgery, setting weight loss goals, and rewarding success. The booklet also includes portion and serving size information, sample reduced calorie menus, tips on dining out, a sample walking program, weekly food and activity diary, and more.
Mindful Eating
A 14 page curriculum that guides congregants through an educational dining experience. This program gives participants an opportunity to slow down, experience dining in a very conscious way, and develop a healthier relationship with food. This program is especially appropriate for Lent and Advent.
Walk to (Anywhere)
Curriculum which introduces walking as both a Christian spiritual practice and a method for promoting good health. Program allows health ministers to both personalize and print learners' materials for groups large and small.GreenFaith: Restoring Eden
GreenFaith has released Restoring Eden – a guide to sustainable, healthy food practices for houses of worship and faith-based schools. Restoring Eden includes guidelines, success stories, and extensive resources to help your institution ‘green’ its food habits. This document is a free download but requires site registration.Portion Plate
From our friends at Episcopal Retirement Homes: The Portion Plate is a portion control dietary program that promotes a balanced, nutritional approach to meal planning. Recent scientific studies show that nearly 60% of Americans are overweight, and that one of the main reasons for this growing epidemic of obesity is that we simply eat too much food. To help curb that trend, Episcopal Retirement Homes’ (ERH) Parish Health Ministry is launching The Portion Plate program, which is customized for congregational use.
