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Monday CampaignsCenters of Wellness for Urban Women Presents Free Webinar “How to beat diabetes with a plant-based diet and physical fitness” in conjunction with April Defeat Diabetes Month
Centers of Wellness for Urban Women Presents Free Webinar “How to beat diabetes with a plant-based diet and physical fitness” in conjunction with April Defeat Diabetes Month
The five members of the Coalition for Plant-Based Foods in Hospitals have produced videos showing the free resources each member offers.
For March, National Nutrition Month, an annual campaign by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Meatless Monday team is sharing tips and insights on how to improve gut health with plant-based foods.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women, with half of all Americans (47%) qualifying for at least one of the three key risk factors (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking cigarettes). Keep Your Heart Strong with these 3 Foods. Expert Tips for February: American Hearth Month Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women, with half of all Americans (47%) qualifying for at least one of the three key risk factors (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking cigarettes). Good news: You can manage two of these risk factors.
For many, the new year is used as a time to reflect, reassess, and make plans for a better, brighter future.
The holidays can be stressful, but keeping up with a Meatless Monday routine while traveling is not.
During the commotion of the holidays, it’s easy to forget to carve out a few moments for yourself. Sometimes, we forget the toll that work and family demands can have on our mind and body.
To encourage Americans to adopt healthier habits and help decrease the risk of cancer, The Monday Campaigns is supporting AICR’s existing Healthy10 Challenge by designing a Healthy Monday for Cancer Prevention Toolkit.
The Meatless Monday Challenge, developed in collaboration with registered dietitians from Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, is fun and easy to follow. Participants will receive practical and simple weekly recipes, tips, resources, and dining options to help add more plant-based meals into their week. For those unsure of how to get started, each week’s 'Challenge' helps participants take the first steps towards healthier and more sustainable eating.
DDG (Data Decisions Group) and The Monday Campaigns, a public health initiative, conducted a nationally representative survey of 1010 adults, which included questions about their New Year’s resolutions, how they're planning to keep them, and their outlook for 2022.
The new Meatless Monday Culinary Ambassadors can shed light on ways home cooks can elevate their plant-based meals; plan veggie-centric holiday meals that will delight meat-loving guests; get inspired by plants used in global cuisines and provide tips on how to get started with plant-based cooking.
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Forward Food Food and Nutrition Coordinator Sonny Rodriguez will moderate an expert panel of speakers as they share ways of successfully integrating plant-based menu items and Meatless Monday promotions into their higher education foodservice operations.
Studies show most teachers experience high stress levels. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the problem. Many teachers felt heightened pressure and experienced burnout as they navigated hybrid and remote teaching in the midst of a global pandemic. When teachers go back to the classroom this fall, they will undoubtedly continue to feel stress as they face the uncertainties that lie ahead. To provide teachers with effective tools to relieve stress, The Monday Campaigns, a nonprofit public health initiative, is offering their DeStress Monday at School program free of charge to schools.
Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, will moderate an expert panel of speakers as they share ways of integrating a plant-forward diet and other healthy behaviors into daily routines so people at-risk or with prediabetes can dramatically reduce their likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes or other major health complications.
We all know maintaining healthy habits can be challenging, whether you are starting a new routine, or finding exciting and novel ways to keep up your momentum. One way to make health-related goals more manageable, sustainable, and fun is to commit or recommit to your health on Mondays. By checking in with yourself every week, you can more easily stay on track and achieve your goals.
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension and Move It Monday initiative’s launch of “Walk Across Wakulla” program is the focus of the webinar, brought to you by eXtension, The Monday Campaigns, and UF IFAS Extension.
How can a community and a group of volunteers encourage fellow citizens to shift to a climate-friendly diet?
A number of factors affect your heart health, with physical activity being one of the most important.
Pulses, including chickpeas, lentils, dry peas and beans, are showing up on more American’s plates, and not by coincidence. Due in part to shifting consumer shopping and cooking behavior during the pandemic, as well as a concerted effort by government organizations to encourage consumers to eat more pulses, the ingredients have seen a 40 percent increase in sales and, according to data from the Mintel GNPD, nearly 1,600 new products containing pulses launched in 2020. Plant-forward organizations, like Meatless Monday, are also enthusiastic about the increase in pulse popularity, which furthers their mission to increase plant-forward eating.
UF/IFAS Extension invites the community to Walk Across Wakulla from January 11 to March 11, 2021. Over two months, local residents have the opportunity to set a goal to walk 32 or more miles. The Walk Across Wakulla is a local pilot program in 2021. Extension faculty are working in partnership with the Monday Campaigns, a public health initiative associated with Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Syracuse Universities.