Wellness Assessments

• Add Stress Management Programs and mental health Initiatives

• Add substance use and abuse Initiatives

• Add smoking cessation and control

• Add nutrition counselling

• Add weight control Initiatives and counselling

• Add promote use of food logs

• Add posting BMI charts

• Add juice dispensing machines

• Add water coolers

• Add snack machines with low-calorie snack choices

• Add snack machines with fruit, vegetable and calcium choices

• Posting nutritional information on snack machines

• Add color-coded cafeteria choices

• Encourage breakfast – suggest choices to start the day

• healthy packed lunch ideas for adults and kids

• partnering with local restaurants for healthy lunch choices

• healthy recipes on-line

• healthy or low-cost cooking Initiatives

• healthy shopping instruction

• naturopaths, homeopaths, herbal remedies and vitamins

• Add information sessions on fad diets

• Add disease prevention information

• STD’s

• active living and fitness Initiatives such as a aerobics, walking or cycling clubs

• Add self-defense training

• Add relaxation training

• chiropractors

• relaxation and energy specialists

• Add stretching classes such as yoga, tai chi

• Add active living challenges

• walking challenges with pedometers

• stair climbing challenge

• sleep and sleep disorders e.g. snoring

• napping information and sleep rooms

• alertness and driving sessions

• encouraging light breaks

• create a wellness Yellow Pages

• information sessions on 

      • insect bites,

      • memory enhancement,

      • motion sickness,

      • nose bleeds,

      • healthy skin,

      • frost bite,

      • gingivitis and mouth care,

      • hair loss,

      • ear infections,

      • fever,

      • psoriasis,

      • TMJ,

      • varicose veins,

      • shingles,

      • defensive driving,

      • sun safety,

      • avoiding home and vehicle theft,

      • food safety

      • handwashing 

**Healthy Living Initiatives should assist in the development of self-efficacy which means that the individual has a senses that they can influence the course of events in their normal daily life, that they can deal with their normal consequences, that they feel confident and sure of themselves.