Wellness Program Resources

Classes

• Spring 2010 Class Schedule and Registration
• Spring 2010 Seminars

Additional Programs

• Million Step Contest
• Weight Watchers @ Work
• Wii Fit
• Tobacco Cessation Program
• Health Assessments
• Fitness Assessments
• Chair Massage
• Personal Training

Nutritional Opportunities

• Phelps Dining Hall Employee Program
• Healthy Eating at the KLETZ
• Healthy Eating at Hope (Phelps)
• Tips for eating vegetables
• Healthy Snacks

Creative Dining has created a healthy catering menu (link above). H2O will subsidize half of the cost for any "snack-time selections" that are picked-up (no delivery) and are consumed by Hope Employees (subsidy is not meant for entertaining guests). Contact wellness@hope.edu for details.

• Nutritional Assessment: Meet with our registered dietitian to analyse your nutritional intake. Jennifer is on campus for employees on Monday mornings. Contact Jody Sheldon at x7945 for information and/or an appointment. Cost $15/half hour.

Program Award Winners

• Monthly Behavior Tracking
• Paper Tracking Calendars
• Individual One Million Step Contest

Web Sites of Interest

• Ottawa County Health Coalition
• Centers for Disease Control: Division of Physical Activity & Nutrition
• National Obesity Trends Presentation (pdf)
• Heart Disease Risk
  Click on the link above, and then click on "learn your risk"

Physical Activity

• Physical Activity Information
• List of Moderate and Vigorous Activity Examples (pdf)
• National Physical Activity Trends
• CDC Physical Activity Information
• USDA Online Physical Activity Assessment
• Holland Area Bike Paths / HollandTrails.org

Nutritional Information

• Nutritional Recommendations from the USDA
• Nutrition.gov
• Government 5-a-Day Campaign
• Department of Health and Human Services "Portion Distortion"
• USDA Online Nutritional Assessment
• Nutrition Facts Label (interactive website)
• Nutrition Facts Label (pdf)
  

General Health Information

• MRSA (Staph infections)
• Harvard Health Letter
• Harvard Mental Health Letter
• Harvard Men's Health Watch
• Harvard Women's Health Watch
• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine . Jacqueline Longe, Ed. 2nd ed.  Detroit: Gale, 2005.

Off-Site Physical Activity Resources (Yoga, Pilates, Dance, T'ai Chi, etc.)

• Lakeshore Pilates 29 W 8th St, Holland, 49423 - (616) 510-2155
• Shook Yoga - 11595 E Lakewood Blvd, Holland, 49424 - (616) 796-0204
• Holland Area Arts Council - 150 E. 8th Street, Holland, 49423 - (616)-396-3278

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Hope College Employee Wellness Program | 141 East 12th Street | PO Box 9000 | Holland, Michigan 49422
email: wellness@hope.edu