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Spring 2015Volume 6, Issue 1
In this issue:1 Greetings from Wendell Oman
1 Grace Notes
2 ACMC awarded Green Building Certification
2 Making a building green
3 Obesogenic workplace adding pounds?
3 Hospice Corner
4 Dear giver of care
4 A prayer for gratitude
4 ProActive Kids (PAK) program announcement
4 What’s the eNews in Pediatrics?
5 Advocate introduces the Advocate Children’s Heart Institute brand
5 Cardiac neurodevelopmental care
Office for Mission &Spiritual Care
The Office for Mission & Spiritual Care provides spiritual care for patients, their families and associates 24 hours a day every day of the year. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To contact us, call 708.684.5175. Evenings and weekends, ask for the paging operator and request #7729 for the house chaplain or #2299 for the emergency department chaplain.
Bridges to Our Faith CommunitiesConnections
Also in this issue:News from
AdvocateChildren’s Hospital
The more often we see the things around us – even the beautiful and wonderful things – the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds – even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Grace Notes are readings, poems or quotes from a variety of faith traditions and writers. Each reflection tries to touch on the heart of being human in this world. To receive Grace Notes five or
seven days a week, please click here or contact [email protected] .
Grace Notes
Environment mattersHere at Advocate Christ Medical Center, we understand the deep connection between environment and health. Healthy environments encourage physical, emotional and spiritual health in those who occupy them.
Recently, Advocate Christ Medical Center's Outpatient Pavilion was honored with LEED® Gold Certification. This prestigious certification is issued by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for buildings constructed with “best-in-class building strategies and practices.”
LEED® Certified buildings are energy-efficient, which has a huge impact on both Christ Advocate Medical Center and the surrounding community. Energy cost savings are passed on to our patients, and the lessened environmental impact benefits our employees and our neighbors. ACMC’s doctors are keenly aware of how our immediate environments can affect health in many ways.
In this issue of Connections, we also consider how the work environments of clergy can contribute to weight gain and unhealthy dietary and exercise habits.
(By the way, did you know that you can access wellness-tracking tools, such as a calorie burner and body mass index calculators, at advocatehealth.com/wellnesstools? Take a few minutes to check out your numbers and start on a healthier path!)
As we journey into the season of spring, I wish God’s blessings on you and your communities. May your journey into this warmer season find an environment filled with love and hope.
Rev. Wendell OmanVice President, Office for Mission & Spiritual Care
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Advocate Christ Medical Center announced it has been awarded the coveted LEED® Gold Certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council, for its Outpatient Pavilion, which opened in March 2014. The nine-story, 326,000-square-foot outpatient facility embodies high performance and provides a state-of-the-art facility for advanced medical care.
LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy &
Environmental Design, is the nation’s preeminent program for
the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. By using less energy, LEED-certified buildings save money for families, businesses and taxpayers; reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and contribute to a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community.
Advocate Health Care is nationally recognized for its environmental leadership and is a founding member of the Healthier Hospitals Initiative. “Advocate’s focus has been on guiding the Initiative’s work in energy efficiency, and we are proud to continue that tradition with all our new construction at Advocate Christ Medical Center,” stated Kenneth W. Lukhard, president, Christ Medical Center.
The Outpatient Pavilion at Christ Medical Center brings outpatient services, previously scattered in various locations, into one ultra-modern facility and supports the multi-disciplinary practice of medicine. Just as state-of-the-art health care requires a multi-disciplinary medical team, high performance buildings rely on a collaborative design team in all phases of project development.
ACMC awarded Green Building Certification
Making a building green
What you might expect
Highlights of the collaboration to design a green building to use less energy include:
Careful consideration of the building’s integrated heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) components as HVAC systems account for such a large share of building energy use.
Energy systems that work together with high-performance windows and insulation, contributing to energy savings of 28 percent over standard design and construction.
Reflective building surfaces and white thermoplastic polyolefin TPO roofing that meet ENERGY STAR® standards to help reduce urban heating.
Important but not so obvious
The project’s open patient and family-friendly spaces provide the look and feel of a high performance building. However, many important green design features are not noticeable to the public. These include:
High efficiency condensing boilers for heating and hot water, as well as high efficiency chillers for cooling.
Advanced technologies that reduce the energy needed to move conditioned air and water throughout the building, such as high efficiency pumps and fans, variable-frequency drives and the innovative use of perimeter fin tube heating during non-occupied hours.
Sustainable
Other features supporting LEED certification are the site’s sustainable qualities, materials, and systems for green building operations:
The building was designed also to maximize storm water management and minimize water use through design and native plantings.
Project materials that, when possible, came from local sources, contain recycled content, and are nonpolluting (low VOC).
Indoor air quality control is enhanced with exhaust ventilation at localized sources of potential pollution.
Installation of CO2 (carbon dioxide) sensors ensures maintenance of desired outdoor air quantities.
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Advocate Christ Medical Center4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 708.684.8000
Staff Chaplains:Refat Abukhdeir, Moslem MinistriesCarla Banks, United Church of ChristMary Anne Cannon, Roman CatholicP.V. Chandy, QuakerDenise Duncan, United Church of ChristFr. Casimir Eke, Roman CatholicStaycie Flint, EpiscopalChristy Howard-Steele, Christian Richard James, Southern BaptistDavid Safeblade, United Church of ChristTyron Smith, Baptist
Clinical Pastoral Education SupervisorsAngie Keith, Pentecostal ACPE Supervisory CandidateJanet MacLean, United Church of Christ
ACPE SupervisorPhyllis Toback, Jewish ACPE Supervisor
Clinical Pastoral Education Chaplain ResidentsAmram Ben Abraham, JewishRebecca McDonald, Roman CatholicLoretta Ransberg, ApostolicKellie Tracz, Presbyterian
Secretarial StaffDenetrice Theard-Sanders, 708.684.4189
Administrative Assistant IIJacquelyn Perkins, Coordinator, Faith Health Partnerships
Administrative StaffCorky DeBoer, Christian Reformed
Manager of Spiritual Services, ACPE SupervisorWendell Oman, Evangelical Free Church of America
Vice-President, Mission & Spiritual Care
To subscribe to Connections, call 708.684.5175 or email [email protected] with your name and email address. You’ll receive an electronic edition of Connections every three months.
To continue receiving Connections, your email address must be current. Please inform us of any changes of email address or other contact information. Email [email protected] or call 708.684.5175.
Service of RemembranceJanet Ozinga Chapel
Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn
Sun., May 17, 4 p.m.
A special memorial service will be held for the hospice and patient families of Christ Medical Center who have recently lost a loved one. Christ Mission & Spiritual Care and Advocate Hospice join together in leading this service of prayers and readings as a comfort for the families they serve. For more information, contact Penelope Gabriele at 630.829.1753.
The next service will be Aug 9.
Hospice CornerObesogenic workplace adding pounds?For many faith leaders, congregational life can actually hamper health and fitness goals. From a parish kitchen filled with leftover snacks to comfortable chairs in parish offices and meeting rooms, a house of worship can easily become "obesogenic," a new medical term that describes factors that can make individuals overweight. An obesogenic environment is one that discourages exercise and healthy eating.
If your workday consists mainly of sitting and snacking, then your environment is likely contributing to your weight gain, according to experts at Advocate Christ Medical Center.
“Your habits are tied to your environment, and many of those decisions are tied to where you spend the majority of your day,” says Dr. Diana Teresa Zamojski, a family practice physician on staff at Christ Medical Center.
Here are some ideas for making your work environment more fitness-friendly:
✦ Arrange for leftover food from community events to be donated to soup kitchens, shelters, or drop-in centers.
✦ Bring an exercise bicycle into your office.
✦ Set a timer to remind yourself to get up and move around during the day.
✦ Bring a healthy lunch and snacks from home. Plan and pack them the night before.
✦ Be careful about drinking your calories. If you have a habit of drinking soda or coffee/tea with added milk and sugar, pay attention to how much you drink during the day. Consider cutting down or eliminating the dairy and sugar from hot beverages and switching from soda to sparkling water.
Location changed due to construction
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Within our communities of faith and our services of worship, our rhythms, liturgies, sacred texts and rituals point in the direction of gratitude. While this has been a core part of our faith traditions, modern medicine and science are beginning to take note of the impact of gratitude on our health, well-being and relationships. In fact, Dr. Amit Sood, Mayo Clinic physician who specializes in stress management and resiliency, recommends that people begin each day with a practice of gratitude.
Recently, I invited colleagues at Advocate Children’s Hospital to join me in a six-week gratitude challenge. At the start of
each day, we quietly bring to mind five people in our lives to whom we are grateful for their impact on our lives. Even though it’s been a few months since our group work
ended, participants continue to embrace this morning gratitude practice.
This daily practice has helped me and many of my colleagues focus our efforts in our work, how we lead teams and how we love our friends and family. Many have also found that it assists with stress reduction and staying true to their leadership values and mission.
Adults are not the only ones who can benefit from this daily practice. Families can invite younger children to name what they are grateful for at the dinner table, at bedtime or during weekly worship services. In my own family, my three-year-old daughter has expanded my vision and sense of what one can be grateful for.
Please join with me in inviting children and adults to daily practices of gratitude. Along with the members of the Advocate Children’s Hospital Mission and Spiritual Care Department, I give thanks for your partnership in nurturing the faith of those in our community.
Peace and blessings,Rev. Stacey Jutila, Vice President Mission & Spiritual Care
Dear giver of care,
Adults are not the
only ones who can benefit
from this daily practice.
A prayer for gratitudeGod,
Guide my heart and my mind, that I may begin each day with the light of gratitude,
May gratitude illuminate my path and help me to see those I walk alongside with a grateful heart.
Expand my vision of what and where I can find reasons to be grateful in my life.
To you, o Lord, I offer my deepest gratitude.
Amen
What’s the eNews in Pediatrics?
Check out the latest Health eNews pediatric-focused articles that feature Advocate Children’s Hospital specialists:
Does your child need a detox from the Internet?Dr. Gabrielle Roberts, clinical psychologist
Fast food portion sizes aren’t getting smaller.Dr. Matthew Smiley, pediatrician
Dietitians key to helping kids cope with food allergiesCarrie Ek, clinical nutritionist
Is Your Child Struggling with Unhealthy Weight? ProActive Kids (PAK) Can Help!
See attached bulletin for more information.
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Advocate introduces the Advocate Children’s Heart Institute brand
Advocate Health Care has introduced the adult Advocate Heart Institute and the Advocate Children’s Heart Institute brands in conjunction with the 2015 cardiovascular services marketing campaign. All pediatric heart programs now fall under the Advocate Children’s Heart Institute name.
Advocate’s new, statewide heart campaign uses a mix of television commercials, billboards, print ads, direct mail and digital advertisements.
Faith leaders are encouraged
to visit iheartadvocate.com, complete the heart risk assessment tool and encourage congregants and their families to take the survey as well. The new site informs individuals of their risk level for heart disease in less than five minutes. Those who find they are at a high risk can be seen by an Advocate cardiologist within 24 hours.
Advocate Children’s Heart Institute is one of the largest pediatric cardiology programs in the Midwest, and the team’s cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons offer a complete continuum of heart care --
from the developing fetus to adolescents -- as well as specialized care for adults with congenital heart disease.
Cardiac neurodevelopmental careResearch has shown that children born with complex heart defects are at greater risk for developmental delays. The Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn’s program has grown this year to assess pediatric heart patients to identify potential delays and disorders of all eligible patients, not just high-risk cardiac patients.
The clinic’s multidisciplinary team, led by the program’s medical director, Dr. Andrew Van Bergen, is composed of experts from a variety of pediatric areas, such as cardiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and audiology. This team works with parents and their children to identify areas of concern and then develops individualized support plans, such as implementation of early intervention services within the home and transitioning to early childhood development programs within the school system.
The program’s specialists also partner with the teachers and administrative staff at the child’s school to devise special education plans that will help the child reach his or her fullest potential.
Advocate Children’s Hospital – Oak Lawn4440 West 95th St., Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Advocate Children’s Hospital – Park Ridge1675 Dempster St., Park Ridge, IL 60068
1.855.312.KIDSStaff Chaplains:
Carol Stephens BCC, United Church of ChristEliza Stoddard Leatherberry BCC, United Church of ChristTracy Nolan, United Church of Christ
Administrative StaffStacey Jutila, BCC Evangelical Lutheran Church of AmericaMartha Huayamave, Executive Assistant
Click here for patient education info
Click here to see patient and family stories
Click here for CV surgery outcomes
Is Your Child Struggling with Unhealthy
Weight? ProActive Kids Can Help!
HOW TO ENROLL?For more information and to enroll, please visit our website at www.proactivekids.org.Please submit any inquiries to [email protected] or call 630.681.1558
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FOR PARENTSQ What is ProActive Kids? A An 8 week program for kids ages 8-14 who are struggling with unhealthy weight. The program focuses on fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being. Visit www.proactivekids.org for more information, pictures, and registration.
Q How do I know if my child qualifies for the program?A Children must be in the 85th percentile and above to qualify for the program. Ask your doctor if your child qualifies.
Q How can I enroll my child for the program? A You can register your child online at www.proactivekids.org.
Q How do I know if I am enrolled? A Once you complete the online registration form, you are enrolled in the program. You will receive an email to confirm.
Q Is there a fee to join the program?A The program is FREE and is funded through generous contributions of local residents, hospitals, businesses and other organizations.
Q Do we have to attend every session for the 8 weeks?A We encourage you to attend as many classes as possible. Your success in the program is based on your commitment, both at PAK classes and at home. Make sure you are committed to the program and its schedule before you register.
Q Where is the PAK program located?A ProActive Kids is growing every day. Please visit www.proactivekids.org for our locations.
Q Can my doctor register my family? A No. You must register your child online at www.proactivekids.org or by telephone at 630-681-1558. You must also bring the referral form or a prescription form signed by your doctor.
Q Is the program right for my child?A PAK was created to help children who are overweight or obese and these issues will be discussed during the program. You need to decide if that environment is right for your child and if you are committed to changing habits at home.Q What is my commitment as a parent?A You are responsible for transportation to and from the program, for helping your kids through the lessons they will be learning and enforcing these lessons in your home, for improvement of their health, proper nutrition and exercise, and support. Your child’s overall health and nutritional decision-making depends on your lead and example.
Q When does the program take place and how long is the commitmentA The PAK program is held Monday and Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Kids come alone on these days. On Fridays, also known as Family Day, the program lasts from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. One parent is required to attend and participate. Siblings over the age of 3 are also welcome!
Q Does the program work?A The program will work if you practice what you learn at home, on a daily basis. This must be a family promise to practice the lessons at home during the program and after it ends.
Q What results will my child see?A While each child’s experience will vary, PAK is designed to improve in the following 5 measures:
Weight/Height/Age
and decision-making
DOCTOR REFERRAL FORMQ How can I enroll a child? A As a physician, you can refer the child to the program by filling out this form.
Q How do I refer a child to the program?A Please complete either a ProActive Kids enrollment form or simply a prescription for the program. They must bring this within the first two weeks of participating.
Q Can I learn about their progress upon program completion?Atheir results back to you at the end of the program.
Patient name: ________________________________________
Physician Name:______________________________________
Organization:_________________________________________
Phone: _______________________
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Email Address:_______________________________________
Send my patient’s measurements to me upon program completion via Fax Email
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ear G
od, o
ur h
earts
bea
r man
y bur
dens
. Help
us t
o be
min
dful
of
our
thou
ghts,
our
acti
vities
and
our
rela
tions
hips
. Am
en.
Wom
en a
nd h
eart
dis
ease
Whi
le w
e of
ten
asso
ciat
e he
art p
robl
ems
mor
e w
ith m
en th
an w
omen
, on
e in
four
wom
en d
ies
of h
eart
dis
ease
. In
fact
, cor
onar
y he
art d
isea
se
(CH
D) i
s th
e nu
mbe
r one
kill
er o
f bo
th w
omen
and
men
in th
e U
.S.
The
Am
eric
an H
eart
Ass
ocia
tion
enco
urag
es w
omen
to b
e pr
oact
ive
abou
t hea
rt h
ealth
. Whi
le m
any
wom
en
do s
eek
to e
ncou
rage
fam
ily m
embe
rs to
de
velo
p he
art-
heal
thy
eatin
g an
d ex
erci
se h
abits
, the
se s
ame
wom
en
may
fail
to a
ddre
ss th
eir o
wn
need
for p
reve
ntat
ive
hear
t car
e. T
he
AH
A s
tart
ed th
e “G
o R
ed fo
r Wom
en”
cam
paig
n in
whi
ch p
eopl
e w
ear
red
on F
ebru
ary
6th to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
of w
omen
and
hea
rt d
isea
se.
Her
e ar
e so
me
star
tling
fact
s ab
out w
omen
and
hea
rt d
isea
se:
✦W
hile
wom
en te
nd to
dev
elop
cor
onar
y he
art d
isea
se te
n ye
ars
late
r th
an m
en, C
HD
is th
e le
adin
g ca
use
of d
eath
in w
omen
.✦
Wom
en’s
hear
t atta
ck s
ympt
oms
may
diff
er fr
om th
ose
of m
en.
Acc
ordi
ng to
the
cent
ers
for d
isea
se c
ontr
ol, w
omen
are
mor
e lik
ely
to h
ave
pain
in th
e ja
w, n
eck
and
thro
at, a
s w
ell a
s ch
est p
ain
that
is
desc
ribed
as
“sha
rp a
nd b
urni
ng.”
✦W
omen
may
be
mor
e lik
ely
than
men
to s
uffe
r fro
m d
iffer
ent t
ypes
of
hea
rt d
isea
se, s
uch
as a
sym
ptom
atic
"si
lent
" he
art a
ttack
s. In
ad
ditio
n, w
omen
may
be
mor
e lik
ely
to s
uffe
r fro
m “
brok
en h
eart
sy
ndro
me,”
a te
mpo
rary
wea
keni
ng o
f th
e he
art m
uscl
e in
resp
onse
to
em
otio
nal s
tres
s an
d co
rona
ry m
icro
vasc
ular
dis
ease
, in
whi
ch th
e sm
all a
rter
ies
of th
e he
art b
ecom
e su
ffer
dam
age.
✦A
lmos
t tw
o of
thre
e w
omen
who
die
sud
denl
y of
cor
onar
y ar
tery
di
seas
e ha
d no
pre
viou
s sy
mpt
oms.
Her
e ar
e so
me
way
s th
at w
omen
in fa
ith c
omm
uniti
es c
an a
ddre
ss
hear
t hea
lth:
✦E
duca
te w
omen
in th
e co
ngre
gatio
n ab
out h
eart
hea
lth th
roug
h lit
erat
ure
dist
ribut
ion
and
pres
enta
tions
by
heal
th c
are
prof
essi
onal
s.✦
Spon
sor a
n ex
erci
se c
lub
for w
omen
.✦
Enc
oura
ge th
e pr
epar
atio
n of
hea
rt-h
ealth
y re
cipe
s fo
r co
ngre
gatio
nal p
otlu
cks
and
othe
r eve
nts.
✦Pr
ovid
e rid
es to
med
ical
app
oint
men
ts a
nd c
heck
-ups
for
cong
rega
tion
mem
bers
who
don
’t ow
n a
car o
r can
no
long
er d
rive.
Pre
vent
ing
hear
t dis
ease
Acc
ordi
ng to
the
Nat
iona
l Ins
titut
es o
f H
ealth
, hea
rt d
isea
se is
the
lead
ing
caus
e of
dea
th in
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es. W
hile
som
e pe
ople
are
bo
rn w
ith o
r hav
e a
gene
tic te
nden
cy to
hea
rt d
isea
se, t
here
are
man
y w
ays
that
you
can
redu
ce y
our c
hanc
es o
f de
velo
ping
a h
eart
con
ditio
n.
Exe
rcis
e re
gula
rly:
Get
ting
regu
lar e
xerc
ise
is g
ood
for y
our p
hysi
cal
and
men
tal h
ealth
. It b
urns
cal
orie
s an
d ca
n st
reng
then
the
hear
t m
uscl
e. H
ealth
y ad
ults
sho
uld
exer
cise
at l
east
2.5
hou
rs p
er w
eek.
See
your
phy
sici
an r
egul
arly
: You
r doc
tor c
an m
onito
r you
r ove
rall
heal
th a
nd o
rder
test
s fo
r hig
h bl
ood
pres
sure
, dia
bete
s an
d ot
her
cond
ition
s th
at a
ffec
t hea
rt h
ealth
.
Qui
t sm
okin
g: T
obac
co d
amag
es y
our h
ealth
in m
any
way
s an
d is
a
maj
or c
ause
of
coro
nary
art
ery
dise
ase.
Mon
itor
alc
ohol
con
sum
ptio
n: D
rinki
ng to
o m
uch
alco
hol c
an ra
ise
your
blo
od p
ress
ure.
Mai
ntai
n a
heal
thy
wei
ght:
Obe
sity
can
incr
ease
you
r cha
nces
of
deve
lopi
ng h
eart
dis
ease
.
Get
eno
ugh
qual
ity
slee
p: L
ack
of s
leep
can
con
trib
ute
to h
eart
di
seas
e. Q
ualit
y of
sle
ep a
lso
mat
ters
: If
you
wak
e up
freq
uent
ly, s
nore
re
gula
rly, o
r dev
elop
sle
ep a
pnea
, you
are
not
get
ting
top
qual
ity s
leep
.
Man
age
stre
ss: W
hile
it is
unc
lear
whe
ther
str
ess
dire
ctly
con
trib
utes
to
hea
rt d
isea
se, t
he e
ffec
ts o
f st
ress
can
indi
rect
ly c
ontr
ibut
e to
the
deve
lopm
ent o
f he
art p
robl
ems.
Chr
onic
str
ess
can
trig
ger u
nhea
lthy
copi
ng m
echa
nism
s, su
ch a
s sm
okin
g, o
vere
atin
g, d
rinki
ng a
nd fa
iling
to
get
eno
ugh
exer
cise
. Man
y pe
ople
find
that
pra
yer,
med
itatio
n an
d ot
her s
pirit
ual p
ract
ices
hel
p th
em m
anag
e st
ress
.
Hea
rt d
isea
se p
reve
ntio
n in
corp
orat
es a
lot o
f lif
esty
le c
hang
es.
Fam
ilies
, soc
ial n
etw
orks
and
faith
com
mun
ities
can
rein
forc
e th
e im
port
ance
of
hear
t hea
lth b
y pr
omot
ing
heal
thy
eatin
g, p
artn
erin
g up
fo
r exe
rcis
e an
d pr
ovid
ing
emot
iona
l sup
port
dur
ing
stre
ssfu
l eve
nts.
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. 6G
o R
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hank
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at w
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repa
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s. H
elp u
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embe
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the w
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who
stru
ggle
to ge
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food
they
need
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en.
Way
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impr
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your
die
tSt
rugg
ling
to e
at a
hea
lthy,
bala
nced
and
del
icio
us d
iet?
You
are
n’t
alon
e. O
ur b
usy
lives
can
mak
e it
diff
icul
t to
eat m
indf
ully
and
hea
lthily
. B
elow
are
som
e id
eas
for i
mpr
ovin
g th
e w
ay y
ou a
nd y
our f
amily
eat
. Yo
u do
n’t h
ave
to a
dopt
all
thes
e id
eas
at
once
. Try
mak
ing
one
chan
ge a
t a ti
me.
✦L
earn
how
to c
ook.
Coo
king
for
your
self
and
you
r fam
ily s
aves
mon
ey
and
prov
ides
max
imum
con
trol
ove
r you
r die
t. G
roce
ry a
nd h
ealth
food
sto
res
ofte
n ho
st c
ooki
ng c
lass
es, a
s do
ho
spita
ls, p
ark
dist
ricts
and
adu
lt ed
ucat
ion
prog
ram
s.
✦R
ead
nutr
itio
n an
d in
gred
ient
info
rmat
ion.
Man
y re
stau
rant
m
enu
item
s an
d pr
epar
ed fo
ods,
even
thos
e th
at a
ppea
r “he
alth
y,”
can
be s
urpr
isin
gly
high
in c
alor
ies
whi
le o
ffer
ing
little
if a
ny
nutr
ition
al v
alue
.
✦L
earn
how
to “
eyeb
all”
por
tion
s. M
ost o
f us
don
’t ca
rry
a fo
od
scal
e ar
ound
with
us
durin
g th
e da
y, m
akin
g po
rtio
n co
ntro
l diff
icul
t. O
ne o
ptio
n is
to c
ompa
re th
e si
ze o
f a
food
item
to th
e si
ze o
f ev
eryd
ay o
bjec
ts. F
or e
xam
ple,
a th
ree-
ounc
e po
rtio
n of
mea
t or f
ish
is a
bout
the
size
of
a de
ck o
f ca
rds.
A h
alf
cup
of m
ashe
d po
tato
es
or ic
e cr
eam
is th
e si
ze o
f a
tenn
is b
all.
✦K
eep
a fo
od d
iary
. Kee
ping
trac
k of
wha
t you
eat
can
hel
p en
sure
th
at y
ou g
et th
e ca
lorie
s an
d nu
trie
nts
that
you
nee
d. F
ree
onlin
e an
d m
obile
food
dia
ries,
such
as
MyF
itnes
sPal
.com
, allo
w y
ou tr
ack
the
food
s yo
u ea
t and
to s
et g
oals
for g
ettin
g th
e rig
ht a
mou
nt o
f fib
er,
carb
s, pr
otei
n in
you
r die
t.
✦St
ock
up o
n he
alth
y fo
od. Y
ou a
nd y
our f
amily
are
mor
e lik
ely
to
eat a
nut
ritio
us d
iet w
hen
ther
e is
hea
lthy
food
in th
e ho
use
and
prep
ped
to e
at. P
lan
shop
ping
in a
dvan
ce. D
evel
op a
list
bef
ore
head
ing
to th
e su
perm
arke
t, an
d ne
ver s
hop
whi
le y
ou a
re h
ungr
y.
✦T
alk
to y
our
doct
or a
nd/o
r a
regi
ster
ed d
ieti
tian
. You
r doc
tor
can
let y
ou k
now
if th
ere
are
cert
ain
food
s yo
u ne
ed to
avo
id, h
elp
you
set r
ealis
tic w
eigh
t goa
ls a
nd p
rovi
de d
irect
ion
on w
heth
er y
ou
need
to ta
ke n
utrit
iona
l sup
plem
ents
. A re
gist
ered
die
ticia
n ca
n he
lp
you
deve
lop
a he
alth
y ea
ting
plan
and
teac
h yo
u st
rate
gies
for s
ticki
ng
to it
for t
he lo
ng p
ull.
The
impo
rtan
ce o
f go
od n
utri
tion
Eat
ing
a he
alth
y di
et is
impo
rtan
t for
eve
ryon
e, a
t eve
ry a
ge. C
hild
ren
and
teen
ager
s ne
ed g
ood
nutr
ition
to s
uppo
rt th
eir g
row
th a
nd
deve
lopm
ent.
Adu
lts a
lso
need
to e
at w
ell t
o su
ppor
t goo
d he
alth
th
roug
hout
thei
r liv
es. M
oder
n lif
esty
les
can
pres
ent a
cha
lleng
e to
m
akin
g go
od d
ecis
ions
abo
ut d
iet a
nd n
utrit
ion.
Hea
lthy
diet
s in
clud
e th
e vi
tam
ins
and
min
eral
s th
at o
ur b
odie
s ne
ed to
op
erat
e an
d st
ay h
ealth
y. In
add
ition
, a h
ealth
y di
et p
rovi
des
enou
gh
calo
ries
to g
ive
us th
e en
ergy
we
need
to fu
nctio
n ea
ch d
ay. W
hen
our
diet
s ar
e de
ficie
nt in
nut
rient
s or
pro
vide
too
few
or t
oo m
any
calo
ries,
we
can
deve
lop
heal
th p
robl
ems.
The
Uni
ted
Stat
es D
epar
tmen
t of
Agr
icul
ture
urg
es A
mer
ican
s to
es
tabl
ish
heal
thy
calo
rie li
mits
and
exe
rcis
e go
als
– w
hile
als
o ea
ting
a di
et ri
ch in
frui
ts a
nd v
eget
able
s, le
an p
rote
ins
and
who
le g
rain
s. W
e ar
e al
so e
ncou
rage
d to
cut
unn
eces
sary
sal
t, su
gars
and
fats
from
our
die
ts.
Indi
vidu
als
who
are
pre
gnan
t, nu
rsin
g a
baby
or w
ho h
ave
a m
edic
al
cond
ition
sho
uld
spea
k w
ith a
hea
lth c
are
prov
ider
abo
ut s
peci
al d
ieta
ry
need
s th
ey n
eed
to k
eep
in m
ind.
How
fait
h co
mm
unit
ies
can
supp
ort g
ood
nutr
itio
n
The
re a
re s
ever
al w
ays
that
faith
com
mun
ities
can
sup
port
goo
d nu
triti
on a
nd h
ealth
y ea
ting.
Cle
rgy
and
lay
lead
ers
can
lear
n ab
out
nutr
ition
reso
urce
s w
ithin
thei
r loc
al c
omm
uniti
es: h
ealth
clin
ics
that
of
fer d
ieta
ry a
dvic
e, g
roce
ry s
tore
s th
at e
mpl
oy d
ietit
ians
, foo
d ba
nks
and
pant
ries
and
hom
e m
eal d
eliv
ery
serv
ices
.
In a
dditi
on, f
aith
com
mun
ities
can
revi
ew c
omm
unity
mea
l men
us to
be
sur
e a
varie
ty o
f he
alth
y, de
licio
us fo
ods
are
offe
red.
Pas
tora
l car
e te
ams
can
wor
k w
ith s
hut-
ins,
new
par
ents
and
the
ill to
hel
p w
ith
groc
ery
shop
ping
and
mea
l pre
para
tion.
Par
ish
nurs
es a
nd e
duca
tors
ca
n pr
ovid
e ed
ucat
iona
l pro
gram
min
g an
d lit
erat
ure
to th
e co
ngre
gatio
n th
at e
mph
asiz
es th
e im
port
ant o
f go
od n
utrit
ion.
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atio
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utri
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