Healthy Monday
Healthy Monday for the Week of March 19, 2012
Bite for the Better
Sure calories are an important part of maintaining or losing weight, but so are nutritious, healthy foods. Eating unprocessed foods like fruits, vegetable, beans, and whole grains increases your energy, lowers your risk of health problems, helps you maintain a healthy weight, and sets a good example for friends and family!
This week focus on making healthy food swaps at every meal. Replace your lunchtime serving of chips with crunchy carrot sticks, or start your morning with oatmeal and fruit instead of a bagel and cream cheese. You'll soon discover how delicious nutritious foods can be!
Past Healthy Monday Tips
Healthy Monday at Baylor
History of Healthy Monday
- Program was developed in 2005 by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Most people generally organize their week around Monday, which makes it a great day to set new health goals and objectives
- The idea came from Sid Lerner while researching preventative diseases. He realized that due to the increasing number of preventative diseases, a new way of thinking was needed to combat this problem
What is Healthy Monday?
- The goal of Healthy Monday is to promote healthier living as a way to decrease preventable diseases
- Healthy Monday is a way to inform Americans that their lifestyles behaviors have health consequences (good or bad)
- Each and every Monday, there is a specific call to action
Examples:
- The Monday Mile
- Organize teams of friends, families, and co workers at a set time
- Mark off a mile or trail
- Offers the opportunity for healthy activities, as well as meeting new people
- Quit and Stay Quit Monday
- A way for people to stop smoking
- People are more likely to start healthy behaviors on Monday
- The Monday 2000
- 2000 calories is the amount of recommended from the FDA for calorie consumption a day
- People can use Monday, after a weekend of indulging
- Meatless Monday
- Past US President encouraged US citizens to go meatless during both World Wars
- Goal is to improve personal health and health of the planet
- Search Your Sunday, Go Healthy Monday
- Faith based initiative created by the American Heart Association
- Goals are to increase heart health and stroke prevention in communities of color
- American Heart Association, in cooperation with churches will provide heart health messages to churches
- Messages would encourage their members during Sunday services to make healthy changes on Monday
