Eat Smart Move More SC
Georgetown
Families Eating Smart and Moving More in the Region 6 Women, Infants, and Children’s Program
Families Eating Smart and Moving More (FESMM) is a toolkit that offers families simple strategies to help them east smart and move more. The lessons are being offered at local health departments in Horry, Georgetown, and Williamsburg counties. The session are designed to motivate families and eat more at home, eat healthy when out, and move more in their everyday routine, and watch less television. An added bonus is periodic cooking demonstrations and taste testing!
The classes are open to all WIC participants.
Contact Anna Johnson, RD (843) 915-8817 for more information and to find out what classes are being offered.
Region 6 Public Health also offers nutrition counseling by Registered, Licensed Dietitians. Contact your local health department for more information.
Diabetes 101
The SC DHEC Diabetes 101 presentation as designed to create a uniformed diabetes awareness education tool to be used in the community. It is a 1.5 to 2 hour community presentation, designed to target the general adult population, which includes:
- People with Type 2 diabetes
- People at risk for diabetes
- Caretakers of people with diabetes
- People who want to gain information on diabetes
Information included in the presentation is based on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) clinical recommendations and the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) 7 Self- Care Professional Resource. Participants with Type 2 diabetes are encouraged to attend Diabetes Self Management Education (DSME) programs for information and assistance with self-management skills.
For more information contact:
Barbara Wright Downs
SC DHEC/DPCP
1800 St. Julian Place
Columbia SC 29204
803-545-4475
CHANGE (Creating Healthy, Active and Nurturing Growing-up Environments) Program
Save the Children created the CHANGE program in 2005 to increase rural children’s access to regular physical activity and a healthy snack in the after-school environment.
The program reaches school-aged children, ages 6 to 12 years, in the poorest rural regions of the United States.
During the 2008-2009 school program year, the CHANGE Program provides daily structured physical activity and a healthy snack to children at more that 130 rural schools in 12 states. Through the in-school, after-school, and summer school CHANGE Program children learn basic principles of healthy living and become positive change agents for their parents at home, their peers at school, and in their community. Save the Children is making a positive contribution to reverse the rising rates of obesity in high-risk children through this program.
City of Georgetown Wellness Program
The City of Georgetown provides a wellness program to all of its employees. Our goal is to improve the overall health of our employees. The City has added Wellness as part of our Safety Committee.
- We establish a Wellness Calender each year. Training and information is provided every month on the wellness topic to all employees.
- Every year the City holds a Wellness Screening which is free to all employees and it is also extended to their spouses at cost.
- Lunch and Learn programs are held once a quarter. During the Lunch and Learn, a lunch is provided and a wellness topic is shared with the group.
- The City also distributes a wellness newsletter to all employees each quarter.
- The City’s insurance company offers disease management programs to all employees. Employees are reminded constantly to participate in any of these programs.