Healthy Living – Health Promotion
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
Summer 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!
Online virtual session available with MS Teams
Date: Thursdays Sept. 26th to Oct. 31st from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
To register or get on the mailing list for future sessions 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 July 11, 2024 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
- Thursday September 26, 2024 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
- Thursday November 28, 2024 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 August 29, 2024 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
- Thursday October 31, 2024 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
- Thursday December 19, 2024 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.
In person session – Gimli, MB
Wednesdays Sept. 25th to Oct. 30th
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Gimli New Horizons – Harmony Room
To register or get on the mailing list for 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
To join the mailing list to be notified when future sessions become available please email [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-WELL (9355)
