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Healthy Living – Health Promotion

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In Manitoba, four of every 10 people are living with a chronic disease.

Chronic diseases last for a long time. They generally can’t be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication and they don’t just disappear. Common chronic diseases are diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and arthritis.

Chronic disease is the leading cause of death and disability in Canada. It cuts people’s lives short and it introduces disabilities that reduce people’s quality of life.

Chronic disease also demands the lion’s share of health-care expenditures. Of all the money spent on addressing illness, chronic disease requires the greatest proportion of expenditure.

Research has proven the link between healthy lifestyles and healthier bodies. The education programs that we offer are geared towards preventing chronic disease before it happens and helping those who are living with chronic disease make choices that can help to slow or prevent the progression of disease. We offer something for everyone! Please see our schedule of classes and events below and join us. 

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Schedule of Classes & Events

October 2024 Schedule of Classes & Events

*schedule may change at any time

Healthy Eating

Craving Change

A how-to workshop for changing relationships with food. Change your thinking, change your eating.

Are you craving change in your eating habits?  Do you want to know more about why you eat the way that you do? Then this FREE program is the class for you!

  • Wednesdays, January 29th to March 5th from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm online via MS Teams

To register please email [email protected] or call toll free 1-877-979-WELL (9355)

Healthy Baby & Child

Feeding Your Baby – Intro to Solids

Do you have questions about feeding your growing baby? A Registered Dietitian will answer your questions about introducing solids to your baby. Online virtual sessions via Microsoft Teams. Email [email protected] to register.

  • Thursday November 28, 2024 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday January 30, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday March 27, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday May 29, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday September 25, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday November 27, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Feeding Littles – How to Have Pleasant Mealtimes

Do you worry about what your children eat? Or don’t eat? Do you have questions about feeding your children or how to get them to eat new (or old) foods? Or even eat at all? If yes, please join a Registered Dietitian for a virtual class with tips on how to prevent meal time battles and what to do if they occur. Online virtual sessions via Microsoft Teams. Email [email protected] to register.

  • Thursday December 19, 2024 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday February 27, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday April 24, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday June 19, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday October 30, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
  • Thursday December 11, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Our Time Healthy Baby Drop-In

Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority’s Our Time Healthy Baby Program is available for all pregnant individuals and parents with infants up to one year of age. Healthy Baby Community Programs help pregnant individuals and new parents connect with other parents, families and health professionals.

Our Time Healthy Baby Program can offer:

  • group sessions
  • milk coupons
  • recipe/meal bags
  • information, support and resources on prenatal and postnatal nutrition & health, breastfeeding, parenting tips and lifestyle choices

For free registration please contact:

East side Interlake- Robin, 204-345-0290 [email protected]

West side Interlake –Denise, 204-785-7708 or email [email protected] Or call your local Public Health Nurse for more information, Community Health Office locations

Get Better Together

Get Better Together – Skills to Cope. Support to Thrive.

Group Program – Individuals living with chronic health conditions learn to deal with common issues they face and to motivate each other with solutions.

To get on the mailing list to be notified of future sessions please email [email protected] or call toll free 1-877-979-WELL (9355)

Tobacco Reduction

Commit to Quit

Join this virtual 5-class group program to help you reduce or stop your tobacco or nicotine use. No cost. Learn about:

  • your triggers
  • setting realistic goals
  • behaviours that work
  • strategies, tips, and tricks
  • how to quit medications might work for you

Winter sessions available, afternoons or evenings, online with MS Teams with a phone in option. Register by Jan. 8th.

Afternoons: Wednesdays, Jan. 15 to Feb. 12, 2025 from 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm

or

Evenings: Wednesdays, Jan. 25 to Feb. 12, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm.

Email [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-WELL (9355)

Aging Well

5 Part online workshop series for mind and body wellness online via MS Teams. One session remaining in November! It’s not too late to register.

Tues. Oct. 8th from 10:00 am to 11:00 am – Home Safety & Home Modification Grant

Tues. Oct. 14th from 10:00 am to 11:00 am – Fuel for Healthy Aging

Tues. Oct. 22nd from 10:00 am to 11:00 am – Brain Health

Tues. Oct. 29th from 10:00 am to 11:00 am – Dental Health & The Canada Dental Plan

Tues. Nov. 5th from 10:00 am to 11:00 am – Mental Health Matters!

To register email [email protected]

Mental Wellbeing

Practicing Gratitude
Are you interested in learning more about Gratitude?
Register for one of these free virtual sessions delivered on MS Teams, email [email protected]

Wednesday November 27, 2:00pm

Wednesday November 27, 6:00pm

Contact us at [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-WELL(9355)

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