Health & Wellness

Health and Wellness

The Health & Wellness section features our new Workplace Wellness Toolkit. These resources, developed by registered dietitians, are designed to help a workplace wellness coordinator get a new wellness program off the ground or add spice and interest to an existing program.

Also in this section is a collection of basic nutrition information and website links all located in one place to help a wellness coordinator, teacher or student put their hands on reliable nutrition information.

Nutrition Information

This section contains nutrition basics all in one place:

Food servings recommended in MyPlate and MyPyramid
Nutrient requirements for key nutrients protein, calcium, and vitamin D
How to maintain healthy bones
How to follow the DASH diet

Additional Resources

There are a plethora of websites offering health information on the web, however many include myths and half-truths about health as if they are facts.

This set of health-related websites are all from reliable sources, so you can feel confident using them in a health and wellness setting.

Work Place Wellness

Visit our new wellness section that offers a comprehensive set of resources to help workplace wellness coordinators start or improve a workplace wellness program.

This free toolkit includes the following resources:

Eight page, nutrition education booklets available in both English and Spanish that provide practical suggestions for healthy eating and activity
Informational handouts on pertinent wellness topics
Lunch -and- Learn narrated PowerPoint presentation
Wellness newsletters
Nutrition and Fitness Challenge that can be led by a wellness coordinator