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The "Eat Better & Move More" initiative focuses on improving the health of older adults by encouraging physical activity and better nutrition. Weekly exercise classes are offered at various locations, including Butler and Sussex, and daily classes are held in collaboration with the senior center in Menomonee Falls and Brookfield. This program addresses the high percentage of seniors failing to meet physical activity recommendations and aims to promote healthy habits, such as increasing fruit and vegetable intake and regular exercise. Join us to learn how small adjustments can lead to big health benefits!
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What Are We Doing? • Exercise classes are being held at Butler and Sussex 2 times per week using videos • Menomonee Falls and Brookfield are working with the senior center to hold exercise classes daily • Nancy at Willow Park apartments does 5 -10 minutes of arm and leg exercises with 15 - 20 participants everyday that meals are served
What have you heard? • Bush’s nutrition and physical activity initiative? • Doyle’s initiative? • What else is being done?
Why Is There a Need For a Health Initiative? • More than 1/3 of men and more than ½ of of women over age 75 do not meet the MINIMUM requirement of physical activity recommendations for health promotion and maintenance. • More than 60% of adults are overweight or obese and this has serious health consequences
What Will Be Done? • The HealthierUS initiative was launched by Bush in 2002 to encourage Americans to: • Be physically Active • Many chronic diseases can be prevented with modest exercise, in some cases as simple as walking for half an hour. For example, if just 10% of adults began walking regularly, America could save $5.6 billion in costs related to heart disease.
HealthierUS Initiative • Eat a healthy diet • Americans should make simple adjustments to their diet and avoid excessive portions. Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption is a central part of a healthier diet, and good overall nutrition lowers the risk of getting heart disease, stroke, cancer, and osteoporosis.
HealthierUS Initiative • Get Preventive Screenings Americans may be surprised to learn how a simple test like a cholesterol screen or a blood pressure check can reveal current health status and identify a need to adjust diet or behavior.
HealthierUS Initiative • Make Healthy Choices • Avoid tobacco and drugs as well as the abuse and underage use of alcohol and make smart and safe choices in your everyday life
Steps to Healthy Aging; Eat Better & Move More • Portion of the initiative that was developed for Older Americans Act nutrition programs • Designed to fit the interests and needs of older adults who want to maintain their quality of life
What the Program Includes • 12 weekly sessions • focus on a different aspect of nutrition and physical activity each week • Includes “mini talks”, activities, resources and “tips and tasks” sheets
What Waukesha Hopes to Do • Received a grant to do the pilot study of this project at the Menomonee Falls meal site. • ***This project would not add additional work for site managers but would count on other workers to run the program
Week 1 • Orientation and Enrollment • Explanation of what will be covered in the following weeks
Week 2 • Walking More • Benefits of walking • Introduction of step counters and set initial step goal • How to document steps taken each day
Week 3 • Eating Better • Discussion of 5-a-day initiative • Form given out for participants to keep track fruits and vegetables consumed daily • Moving More • Increase step goal by 10%
Week 4 • Eating Better • Discuss importance of choosing colorful fruits and vegetables • Activity- Divide into teams and have members come up with as many fruits and vegetables according to color as they can. Then discuss the lists • Moving More • Discuss importance of stretching and how to properly stretching using examples. • Set a new step goal
Week 5 • Eating Better • 3-a-day for calcium and importance of calcium • Help participants understand how to read the nutrition label • Have participants document how many calcium rich foods they consume daily • Moving More • Explain how someone knows if they are working hard enough or too hard when doing exercises. Recalculate new step goal
Week 6 • Eating Better • Continue importance of calcium and explain how much they need daily. • Activity- Use nutrition facts labels to have participants figure out how much of one food item they would need to consume to get the recommended amount of calcium. • Moving More • Explain that weight bearing exercise reduced bone loss • Calculate new step goal
Week 7 • Eating Better • Explanation on the importance of fiber and how much they need • Activity- Compare how much of a low fiber cereal would need to be consumed to get the same amount as a high fiber cereal • Moving More • Encourage participants to exercise no matter what the weather is doing • Calculate a new step goal
Week 8 • Eating Better • Share tips on adding fiber to the diet • Moving More • Explanation that exercise helps keep a person regular and also helps with sleep • Recalculate step goal
Week 9 • Eating Better • Discuss portion sizes • Activity- Have someone serve out a portion of food that they normally eat and compare it to the serving size on the label • Moving More • Explain the importance of good posture • Recalculate step goal
Week 10 • Eating Better • Continuation of serving sizes • Activity- have participants measure out appropriate portion sizes for practice • Moving More • Stress importance of being at a healthy weight and how physical activity can help • Recalculate step goal
Week 11 • Eating Better • Discuss the food guide pyramid and analyze the meal that was served that day • Moving More • Give ideas on how to add steps each day both in the home and away from the home • Recalculate step goal
Week 12 • Celebrate success, provide any additional information and answer questions
