Healthy Families and Communities

Nutrition Education Campaign highlights one healthy food monthly. Resources include 11 x 17" and 8 1/2 x 11" color posters, handouts with recipes, and PowerPoint with 8-10 slides for use in lobbies or waiting rooms. Free electronic distribution.

La campaña de educación nutricional destaca un alimento saludable mensualmente. Los recursos incluyen carteles en color de 11 x 17" y 8 1/2 x 11", folletos con recetas y PowerPoint con 8 a 10 diapositivas para usar en vestíbulos o salas de espera. Distribución electrónica gratuita.

Assess your intake of foods that promote good health with this easy questionnaire. Includes a key that provides easy steps to improve your nutrition score.

Incluir Herramienta de Evaluación Nutricional (NAT) and Llava para NAT

Plant-slant resources in this booklet include local food and meal access, agriculture and gardening resources, nutrition education and contacts for local health coaches.

Online resources include links for nutrition and disease, cookbooks, trainings for consumers, CMEs for professional development and helpful web links.

Wellness Education for Cancer Nutrition: a local study funded by OHSU Knight Cancer Institute to improve the intake of fruits, vegetables and other plant foods in Coos County.

Synopsis of the proceedings of the National Academies for Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2022 Food Forum on alternative proteins sources balancing food innovation, food production sustainability and health.

Evidence suggests we can prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's Disease and other dementia with healthy lifestyle changes including a plant-based diet (Handouts)

Beauty goes more than skin deep, to our organs, blood vessels and other tissues. What is good for our skin, hair and nails is also important for our internal organs and vascular system. (Handout)

Nutrients in our foods work in combination to maintain or boost our immunity. Since 70-80% of our immune system exists in our gut, the foods we consume can help help build resistance to infection and disease. (Handouts)

Research demonstrates that type 2 diabetes can be prevented, and in many cases, reversed using a whole food, plant-based diet. (Handouts)

Americans love our sweets, but excess sugar plays a leading role in obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer. Learn how to reduce the sugar in your diet. (Handouts)

Nutrition plays a vital role in thinking, learning, memory, behavior and emotions. Foods provide compounds for making neurotransmitters and can positively or negatively influence mood, depending on your choices. (Handouts)

Research outlines the role foods play in the development, prevention and reversal of many of today's chronic diseases. (Handouts)

Evidence suggests 40-55% of cancers can be attributed to dietary factors. Another 1/3 of cancer risk is attributed to co-morbidities like heart disease and diabetes. All these factors are modifiable with a healthy diet. (Handouts)

With just a little insight and a few tips, you can get the most out of your food budget to create healthy meals and snacks for the whole family. (Handouts)

Money-saving tips for making your holidays festive and bright...and healthy, too! (Handouts)

Studies show improvement in insulin sensitivity, cholesterol, inflammation and obesity by exposing the body to periods of fasting. The most common is an overnight fast of 12-18 hours. (Handouts)

Population data demonstrates there are regions around the world where people live productive lives well over 100 years. Science backs this data demonstrating a healthy diet rich in plants prevents disease and contributes to longevity. (Handouts)

The foods you choose can either raise cholesterol and contribute to heart disease and diabetes or lower your risk. Find out which foods to reduce or eliminate, and how to fill your plate with cholesterol-lowering foods. (Handouts)

It seems like magic, but diets that include beans, lentils and split peas really can help lower cholesterol and control blood sugars. Plus they are easy on your budget. (Handouts)

Discover dietary links between oral health and diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cognitive decline. (Handouts)

Plants contain all the nutrients we need for health including phytonutrients like antioxidants and fiber. Plant foods feed our body and our healthy microbiome and contribute to the prevention and reversal of chronic disease like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. (Handouts)

NO represents nitric oxide, a compound that signals arteries to relax and expand, improving blood flow and lowering blood pressure. Since every tissue and organ in the body requires blood flow, nitric oxide plays a role in every health condition from cancer to heart disease, erectile dysfunction to stroke. Boost nitric oxide production using whole plant foods. (Handouts)

Sitting for extended periods has been found to be as dangerous to your health as smoking 1½ packs of cigarettes a day. Sitting more than 6 hours/day can increase your risk of premature death by 40%. (Handouts)

Discover the importance of restorative sleep and the connection between food and sleep patterns. (Handouts)

Many of today's foods contribute to chronic inflammation which is a factor in the development of chronic disease. This video outlines the key players in an anti-inflammatory diet. (Handouts)

Recognize the common signs of Alzheimer's and other dementia and determine steps to take to talk to health professionals. Also includes risk factors and FDA-approved treatments. (Tools and Resources)

Nutrition factors affecting your risk for heart disease, stroke and peripheral artery disease. (handouts)

Take a walk through the benefits of walking. We'll discuss proper form, types of training, stretches and how to bust the barriers to starting and maintaining your walking program. (Handouts)