In touch [winter 1993]

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A Wesley Long
Community
Hospital
newsletter for
women
How to enjoy better health in 1993
Getting into the exercise habit for
be easier if you participate with
Wesley Long
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL,,
ou may have heard the popular saying:
"If you have your health, you have everything."
While you can't avoid sickness completely,
you can do much to improve and maintain
your health.
Improved nutrition = better health
Poor nutrition adversely affects your risk for
cardiovascular disease, cancer, and chronic
diseases such as adult onset diabetes. Eating
well is crucial to mamtaining your
good health throughout your
life, but where do you start?
"Balance, variety and moderation
are the keys to good nutrition,"
says Rhonda Vaughan, registered
dietitian at Wesley Long Hospital.
"In general, avoid or reduce your
consumption of high-fat foods,
choose low-fat dairy products
and eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and grains," she says.
If you'd like assistance in balancing your diet, turn to Wesley
Long. You can benefit from
individual nutritional counseling sessions as well as group
instruction through Weight No
More, which stresses weight
management through behavior
modification. Supermarket
Smart helps people learn how to purchase
healthy foods. The course includes a supermarket tour as well as classroom instruction
in reading food labels, calculating fat percentage and more. Regularly scheduled
classes are held Monday evenings and
Tuesday afternoons. Call 854-6713 for
class information.
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a friend.
Exercise is not a dirty word
The North Carolina winter has hit, but
that doesn't mean ifs too cold to benefit
from exercise. And there's no need to
overdo it, either. Even moderate levels
of exercise benefit your health. Some tips:
▼ Choose activities that you enjoy so you
won't burn out.
▼ Start out slowly, then build up your
frequency, intensity and time.
▼ Get family and friends involved to
make it more fun.
▼ Don't forget to warm up and cool down.
▼ If you haven't exercised in a while,
consult your personal physician
before starting.
"▼" Variety helps!
Quit smoking!
Smoking has been linked to increased risk
for heart disease and cancers of the lungs,
bladder, mouth, throat, kidney and pancreas.
The good news is that by quitting smoking,
you can reduce and in some cases eventually eliminate your risk factors for many
diseases.
"Ifs never too late to quit," says Kathleen
McCann, Director of Education at Wesley
Long. "Whether you've smoked for 5,10
or 30 years, your body can recover from
almost all of smoking's effects, and the
benefits begin immediately." Wesley Long's
Smokeless program is a comprehensive
program that addresses all aspects of
smoking: physiological, psychological
and behavioral. For details, call 854-6751.