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Physical Health

Browse below to find materials on how to learn and share about your physical health. Use the links at the top to jump to the section you’re interested in.

 

• Health-related issues   • Health-based programs   • Teaching materials

Health-related issues

Issue	What you’ll find
Heart Health	Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible What every African-American should know
Heart Health	On the move to better heart health for African-Americans This package of seven easy to read booklets has practical information on how African-Americans can make small changes to improve their cardiovascular health.
Heart Health (Women)	The Heart Truth for Women:  An Action Plan
Heart Health (Women)	The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women
Heart Health	Heart Attack/Stroke Warning Signs
Heart Health	High blood pressure
Diabetes	More than 50 ways to prevent diabetes
Diabetes (African-Americans)	Here you will find information on diabetes and how it disproportionately affects African-Americans.  You can take a diabetes risk assessment test, find out what pre-diabetes is, and find recipes and much more…
Physical Activity	Fitness management
Physical Activity	About Body Mass Index (BMI) for adults
Physical Activity	What is a Healthy Weight? Check out this website for keys to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
Physical Activity	Physical Activity for Everyone How much physical activity do we need? Check here to find out.
Nutrition	My Pyramid offers personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help you with your food choices.
Nutrition	How many fruits and vegetables do you need?
Nutrition	What Can I Eat? Here you can find information on what you can eat if you are a diabetic, how to plan for your meals and you can learn about different types of foods.
Nutrition	See “Heart-Healthy Recipes” for more information on healthy food choices.
Children’s Physical Activity & Nutrition	We Can (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition)

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 Health-based programs

Program	What you’ll find
American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association Power to End Stroke
American Heart Association Search Your Heart Program	Contact person: Dione Banks 214-748-7212 (main) dione.banks@heart.org
American Diabetes Association Project Power	Contact person: Shanequa Robinson 972-392-1181 ext. 6019
American Cancer Society Body and Soul Program
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute The Heart Truth	This is a campaign for Heart Health month.  Check this website out for more information on how you can have a heart health campaign during the month of February for the members of your congregation.

 

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Teaching materials

Issue (Teaching Material)	What you’ll find
Heart Health	Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible (also seen in health related info) What every African-American should know
Heart Health	On the move to better heart health for African-Americans (also seen in health related info)This package of seven easy to read booklets has practical information on how African-Americans can make small changes to improve their cardiovascular health.
Diabetes	More than 50 ways to prevent diabetes (also seen in health related info)
Body Mass Index	Body Mass Index  (BMI) Chart Learn how to use the BMI chart.  To print the chart, select the PDF version.
Nutrition	Mypyramid Print Materials Here you will find teaching materials to give out to your Wellness Club Members (WCM) and/or the members of your congregation.
Issue (Activities)	What you’ll find
Adult – MYStart!	This is a great interactive web-based tool to track your walking progress and the walking progress of your Wellness Club Members (WCM)
Adult – MyPyramid Plan	This interactive web-based tool will help you to determine the amount of each food group you personally need per day.
Adult – MyPyramid Tracker	This interactive web-based tool is an interactive online dietary and physical activity assessment that provides information on diet, physical activity and links to other helpful information.
Kids – Body and Mind	This is a great interactive web-based program for the children in your congregation.
Kids	Kids health
Kids	Girls health
Kids	MyPyramid for kids!

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