Healthy Living at the Library

Healthy Living at the Library
Author: Noah Lenstra
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2020-06-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1440863156

This broad-ranging resource is for librarians who want to begin a new program or incorporate healthy living into an existing one. From garden plots to cooking classes to StoryWalks to free yoga, more and more libraries are developing innovative programs and partnerships to encourage healthy living. Libraries increasingly provide health and wellness programs for all ages and abilities, and Healthy Living at the Library is intended for library staff of all types who want to offer programs and services that foster healthy living, particularly in the domains of food and physical activity. Author Noah Lenstra, who has extensive experience directing and advising on healthy living programs, first outlines steps librarians should take when starting programs, highlighting the critical role of community partnerships. The second section of the book offers detailed instructions for running different types of programs for different ages and abilities. A third section includes advice on keeping the momentum of a program going and assessing program impacts. Lenstra offers tips on how to overcome challenges or roadblocks that may arise. An appendix contains resources you can adapt to get these programs off the ground, including waivers of liability, memoranda of understanding, and examples of strategic plans and assessment tools.

Dr. Mom's Healthy Living

Dr. Mom's Healthy Living
Author: Sandra K. Livingston Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2009-11
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781879436145

In Dr. Mom's Healthy Living, Master Herbalist Sandra Ellis shares her experiences in natural healing; showing you how to take responsibility for your own health through the use of diet, exercise, herbal medicine, hydrotherapy, and other natural modalities. Includes the text from the original Dr. Mom book. Sandra is a Master Herbalist Graduate of The School of Natural Healing, and is a featured instructor.

Healthy Living at the Library

Healthy Living at the Library
Author: Noah Lenstra
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2020-06-18
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This broad-ranging resource is for librarians who want to begin a new program or incorporate healthy living into an existing one. From garden plots to cooking classes to StoryWalks to free yoga, more and more libraries are developing innovative programs and partnerships to encourage healthy living. Libraries increasingly provide health and wellness programs for all ages and abilities, and Healthy Living at the Library is intended for library staff of all types who want to offer programs and services that foster healthy living, particularly in the domains of food and physical activity. Author Noah Lenstra, who has extensive experience directing and advising on healthy living programs, first outlines steps librarians should take when starting programs, highlighting the critical role of community partnerships. The second section of the book offers detailed instructions for running different types of programs for different ages and abilities. A third section includes advice on keeping the momentum of a program going and assessing program impacts. Lenstra offers tips on how to overcome challenges or roadblocks that may arise. An appendix contains resources you can adapt to get these programs off the ground, including waivers of liability, memoranda of understanding, and examples of strategic plans and assessment tools.

Living Healthy in a Toxic World

Living Healthy in a Toxic World
Author: David Steinman
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Health
ISBN: 9780399522062

Low-level exposures to pollution can have detrimental effects on the body, lowering immunity, mental performance and causing life-threatening cancer. This book provides simple, every day steps for improving health by showing how to identify and learn about hazardous products, and use less of them.

Staying Healthy

Staying Healthy
Author: Alice B. McGinty
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1999-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531116586

Discusses the four food groups, the nutrients our body needs, and the importance of healthy eating.

Alters and Schiff Essential Concepts for Healthy Living

Alters and Schiff Essential Concepts for Healthy Living
Author: Jeff Housman
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 739
Release: 2015-02-20
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 128407756X

Essential Concepts for Healthy Living, Seventh Edition urges students to think critically about their health and overall wellness and empowers them, with clearly identified tools, to help them reach this goal. It provides a clear and concise introduction to the latest scientific and medical research in personal health and highlights common behaviors and attitudes related to individual health needs. The Seventh Edition, with an all new author team, includes a wealth of new and updated data, including modern information on violence and abuse, relationships and sexuality, and physical fitness.

Healthy Living

Healthy Living
Author: Charles-Edward Amory Winslow
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781359030160

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