- Add Stress Management Programs and mental health Initiatives
- Add substance use and abuse Initiatives
- Add smoking cessation and control
- Add nutrition counseling
- Add weight control Initiatives and counseling
- Add promote use of food logs
- Add posting BMI charts
- Add juice dispensing machines
- Add water coolers
- Add vending machines with low-calorie snack choices
- Add vending machines with fruit, vegetable and calcium choices
- Posting nutritional information on vending 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.
