Newsletter

March 2013 Newsletter

The March HealthWise newsletter features articles on Eye Health, Mental Retardation Awareness Month, Macronutrients and Rosacea Awareness.

ONU HealthWise is also pleased to announce that we’ve partnered this year with Relay For Life. Any insured ONU employee who participates will earn 1 healthy campus point. Additional information can be obtained by emailing onurelayforlife@gmail.com

February Newsletter

The newsletter this month features tips on reading nutrition labels and screening for endometriosis and colorectal cancer.

Do you have suggestions for newsletter topics? Forward your ideas to healthwise@onu.edu

Stress Reduction Slides

A workshop on stress reduction

February 6, 2013, 12 – 12:50pm (Meyer 107)

Presenter: Deanna Barthlow-Potkanowicz, Ph.D. , Licensed Psychologist

Stress is something that we all deal with on a regular basis and in many forms. There are many external sources of stress in our lives, but do you know how much stress you cause yourself? This workshop will help you identify ways in which you inadvertently create tension in your life, including some personality characteristics that are stress-inducing! Learn to identify your internal stressors and what you can do to start reducing tension in your life.

January 2013 Newsletter

The January 2013 HealthWise newsletter features smoking cessation and folic acid supplementation.

Also, February is Medication Adherence month. ONU’s chapter of the Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) will be participating in a Medication Adherence Challenge. Click below to learn more.

Vending Machine Nutritional Information

What is the Traffic Light+?

According to a recent article “Fact Up Front Versus Traffic Light Food Labels: A Randomized Controlled Trial” featured in the 2012 issue of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, the Traffic Light+ method of food labeling “best assisted individuals in judging the nutritional profiles of foods and beverages”. The Traffic Light + labeling method includes a “calories-per-serving label and a modified Traffic Light symbol with text (High/Med/Low) indicating amounts of saturated fats, sugars, sodium, fiber and protein per serving”. Based on this study, the Traffic Light+ model is considered the most user-friendly, which is proven by test results which showed that those utilizing this system had the highest ability of label interpretation and understanding. The traffic light symbol was based on the UK’s Traffic Light which appears on food products, and the “plus” aspect looks at specific nutrients to encourage.

American Journal of Preventative Medicine: http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(12)00320-0/fulltext

Looking for vending machine nutritional information? See below

(Please note, inventory changes frequently)