Rocky Mountain House PCN

Adult Weight Management - Level 1
2022-12-05 09:00 - 11:30 (America/Edmonton) | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
For anyone who would like to learn more about the benefits of maintaining a healthy weight and how to build a plan to meet those goals.
Learn how to increase your physical activity, manage calories and nutrition, and develop healthier habits.
Topics include:

Weight, health, and treatment options
Journalling, calories, and eat well plate
Problem solving, motivation, and making new habits

3 Sessions of 2.5 hours

Sleep Well
2022-12-02 09:00 - 11:30 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
This workshop provides tips for quality sleep and good health.
Sleep Well is led by AHS health professionals who share their expertise and guide interactive online group sessions. This class will teach you tips to sleep better, help you discover reasons why you may have trouble falling asleep and discuss the important link between quality sleep and good health.

Diabetes: The Basics
2022-12-01 17:30 - 20:00, 2022-11-24 17:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
Free educational workshop for anyone diagnosed with pre-diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, or at risk of developing diabetes.
Diabetes the Basics is offered as a four-part group session led by AHS professionals who share their expertise, provide information and encourage discussions that can help participants better manage their condition. The session is offered to people at risk of developing diabetes, as well as those who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or Type 2 diabetes.
Participants will learn about:

What diabetes is.
Foods that affect blood sugar.
Blood glucose monitoring and control.
Medications for diabetes.
What to do during an illness.
How physical activity affects blood sugar.
The importance of foot care.

Minding Stress
2022-12-01 13:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
This workshop offers safe, effective strategies to manage stress.
A 2-session workshop for anyone who feels stress and would like to learn how to reduce or prevent it.
In this workshop you will learn more about stress, how to manage it and also how to practice mindful eating.
Topics include:

What stress is
What causes stress and how it can affect your life
Mindful eating.

Managing Emotional Eating
2022-11-30 17:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
These workshops offer safe, effective strategies to form positive food relationships.
Managing Emotional Eating is a free, three-part workshop led by AHS health professionals who share their expertise and guide interactive group sessions. Participants will learn how eating habits are formed, and how triggers such as emotions, situations and events can be managed to help develop better eating habits that will last a lifetime.

Adult Weight Management - Introduction to Bariatric Surgery
2022-11-30 13:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
For those who are interested in surgical treatment options for weight management.
Clients can learn general information about bariatric surgery, the types of bariatric surgery performed in Alberta, possible complications, health outcomes, and steps for success.
Topics include:

Surgery options and outcomes

Adult Weight Management - Level 2
2022-11-29 09:00 - 11:30 | Rocky Primary Care Network, 4809-47 Avenue, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, T4T1A8, Canada
For those who have completed Level 1 and would like to learn more about maintaining a healthy weight and weight loss goals.
Level 1 is a prerequisite to Level 2.
Learn how to plan meals, developed a structured physical activity plan, and learn how to deal with thoughts and feelings that affect behavior change.
Topics include:

Adding movement into your day
Making healthy food choices and meal planning
Becoming mindful of patterns

3 Sessions of 2.5 hours

Heart Wise
2022-11-28 17:30 - 20:00, 2022-11-21 17:30 - 20:00 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
Heart Wise: Managing Cholesterol and Blood Pressure is a free, two-part group session offered by Alberta Health Services (AHS).
Nutrition and Food Services professionals will share their expertise and guide interactive discussions that can help individuals manage their heart health.
Participants will learn about:

The causes, risk factors and complications of high blood pressure and cholesterol.
Heart healthy diets and lifestyle choices.
How to measure blood pressure.
Creating an action plan to improve heart health.

The session is open to anyone interested in developing a healthier lifestyle and recommended for local residents diagnosed with high blood pressure and/or high cholesterol, or people diagnosed with risk factors for heart disease, such as diabetes or family history.

Moving Matters
2022-11-24 13:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
In this workshop you will learn about physical activity and how to include it in your day.
A 2-1/2 hour session for anyone looking to learn more about physical activity and how to include it in their day.
Including more physical activity in your day can help you maintain a healthy weight and better manage chronic conditions. In this workshop you will learn about physical activity and how to include it in your day.
Topics include:

Benefits and barriers to getting active
Tips on how to increase your physical activity
How to set personal activity goals.
