Sensible Meal Planning for a Healthy Lifestyle

Sensible meal planning should be part of everyday life.  This can support a healthy lifestyle and lend to positive health outcomes over time.  Through balance and variety optimal intake can be achieved.  This four-hour session will highlight USDA’s Plate Method as a guide to sound dietary intake.  Lifestyle factors that influence dietary intake and maintenance of a healthy weight will be emphasized.  In addition, popular fad diets will be reviewed.

Educational Objectives

Objectives

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand and discuss how the Plate Method can be used as a guide to well-balance meal planning
• Explain why fad diets don’t foster long term weight maintenance
• List 3 lifestyle factors that influence weight management

3.0 CE’s for:

• CHES (Certified Heath Education Specialist)
• CPH-Certified Public Health
• DMH Peer Support
• DMH- Addiction Therapist
• DMH-Community Support Specialist
• DMH-Mental Health Therapist
• MAAP-Mississippi Association of Addiction Professionals
• SW- Social Work
• LPC and LMHC (NBCC)