Healthy and common-sense approaches to food and fitness

You have the power to improve your health.  Experts agree that food and fitness are two essential keys to good health.  Small changes that you make today can reduce your risk of many diseases and help you look and feel better. Change isn’t easy but the Health Initiative’s offers support and information to turn "I can't"into "I can!".

Lesbian/gay-friendly Weight Watchers meetings
Managing weight can be a lifelong challenge for lesbians.  For many reasons, we tend to have higher body mass indexes than straight women.  Higher BMIs can increase risk of many diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. The good news is that we CAN do something about our weight and BMI. Weight Watchers offers many successful tools for managing a healthy weight.  Join Weight Watchers today and attend meetings at the Health Initiative.  Join a supportive community focused on helping you say “I CAN!”

Healthy pot-luck gatherings
Coming soon!

Fun and friendly walks
Here are two ways for you to add more activity into your day:

Join the Health Initiative for fun and friendly walks in Candler Park on Saturday mornings at 8 a.m. Meet at the Health Initiative office, wear comfy, weather-appropriate clothes and plan to walk for about 50 minutes.

Join the Purple Bra Brigade, a new team of concerned and committed lesbians who will train for and walk in the upcoming 2-Day and Three Day cancer walks. For more information, go to www.purplebrabrigade.org

Web sites and other resources
Coming soon!

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