Rocky Mountain House PCN

Heart Wise
2022-12-05 17:30 - 20:00, 2022-12-12 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | 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.

Adult Weight Management - Level 2
2022-12-06 09:00 - 11:30, 2022-12-13 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

Nutrition: Eating Away From Home
2022-12-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
Food is often central to holidays, parties, and special occasions. It also tends to be higher in calories, fat or sugar, and can lead to overeating and weight gain. In this 2-1/2 hour workshop, facilitated by a registered dietitian, you will learn how theses occasions can affect what you eat and how much you eat.
You’ll leave with strategies to help prevent overeating.
Topics include:

How buffets, parties, vacation and holiday eating can affect how much you eat.
Strategies to reduce overeating when you are away from home and during special occasions.

Managing Emotional Eating
2022-12-07 17:30 - 20:00, 2022-12-14 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.

Nutrition Labels: Reading Between the Lines
2022-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
This workshop offers information on how to read nutrition labels and make healthy choices.
Nutrition Labels: Reading Between the Lines is an online workshop offered by Alberta Health Services registered dietitians who share their expertise and guide the interactive online session.
Participants will learn about:

Label reading and understanding of the nutrition facts table.
Getting a better understanding about nutrient and health claims.
Building skills to help make healthiest choices at the grocery store.

Minding Stress
2022-12-08 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.

Diabetes: The Basics
2022-12-08 17:30 - 20:00, 2022-12-15 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.

Adult Weight Management - Level 1
2022-12-12 09:00 - 11:30, 2022-12-19 09:00 - 11:30 | 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

Nutrition: 4 P's for Meal Planning
2022-12-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Delivery, Alberta, Canada
Learn tips and strategies for planning and preparing food that will help you eat healthier.
A 2-1/2 hour session for anyone who would like to learn how to form healthy eating habits.
In this workshop, taught by a registered dietitian, you will learn tips and strategies for planning and preparing food that will help you eat healthier.
Topics include:

How to put your nutrition knowledge into practice.

The 4 Ps: Plan, Purchase, Prepare and Pack.

Moving Through Persistent Pain
2023-02-21 13:30 - 15:30, 2023-02-28 13:30 - 15:30, 2023-03-07 13:30 - 15:30, 2023-03-14 13:30 - 15:30, 2023-03-21 13:30 - 15:30, 2023-03-28 13:30 - 15:30, 2023-04-04 13:30 - 15:30, 2023-04-11 13:30 - 15:30 | Rocky Primary Care Network, 4809-47 Avenue, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, T4T1A8, Canada
Coping with persistent pain?
Our Alberta Moving on with Persistent Pain workshop is free
8 weeks course 2 hours/wk
Tuesdays February 21- April 11, 2023
1:30-3:30 PM
Develop long-term skills and pain management strategies to help you focus on your life rather than your pain.
