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Healthy Habits for Independent Living

Date:
February 17, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Healthy Habits for Independent Living uses a curriculum called Health Matters that was developed based on successful outcomes from the Health Promotion Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities (DD) at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

This holistic program provides adults with DD a roadmap to healthy, independent living. The program is a combination of coursework and weekly practicums. We will baseline participants’ knowledge and current habits before the program starts so we can measure the impact after the program ends.

This will be a weekly group, meeting every Thursday. Please register to hold your place and receive the Zoom links. Note, you only need to sign up ONCE for the program, not for every date.

Lesson topics include:
  • health literacy
  • nutrition
  • exercise
  • meal planning/preparation/cooking
Practicums include:
  • gym instruction and workouts
  • weekly planning
  • grocery shopping
  • food preparation and cooking of a healthy meal
  • monitoring of weight, blood pressure, BMI, etc. so participants understand measures of health
About the instructor, Jenn Ko

Jenn is joining us as an intern at George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health.  Jenn is a grad student, nurse, and a huge Marvel fan! A hiker, reader, and painter (watercolors), Jenn is a huge foodie and is excited to explore new healthy recipes with our OSG community.  Launching this spring, Jenn will be our lead instructor for the Health Matters curriculum.

 

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