Healthy Monday Campaign
This week's tip
Past Healthy Monday Tips
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
