Super Bowl champion Roland aims to call attention to the needs of underserved youth and their families. He works with celeb chef Danny Boome, and teaching artist for Young Audiences of Rochester Michelle Cardulla. They partner to inspire kids to move from fast foods to plant foods with Meatless Monday.
Research shows that only 8% of people making New Year’s resolutions end up achieving them each year. Some health experts believe a more effective approach would be to follow New Year’s with a recommit strategy that capitalizes on the natural momentum of the weekly cycle.
The 2017 nationwide Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) Meatless Monday Recipe Contest will challenge high school students from underserved communities, aspiring to become future celebrity chefs, to create innovative meatless noodle dishes. They will need to impress a distinguished panel of judges.
The Quit & Stay Quit Monday goal is to use this year’s Great American Smokeout as the kickoff to kick the habit. In the weeks that follow, QSQM stands ready to provide proven tobacco cessation tips and tools to help quitters stay smoke free through the holidays and into the New Year. These resources are available for free at: www.quitmonday.org.
The World Health Summit 2016 is endorsing Meatless Monday. WHS’ endorsement fits in with the summit’s session on “Planetary Health” that will explore the long-term health implications of changes in the environment caused for example through their effects on food and agriculture.
On May 31st, the World Health Organization hopes to spur the nearly one billion smokers worldwide to put down their cigarettes for World No Tobacco Day. While this annual event generates media attention and is a potential starting point for many quit attempts, without a sustained effort these smokers will likely be puffing away again in a matter of weeks. Researchers say that one way to keep the momentum going after this once-a-year push to get smokers’ attention, is to use every Monday as a weekly opportunity to support smokers in their efforts to quit and stay quit.
The Lerner Centers for Public Health Promotion at Syracuse, Johns Hopkins and Columbia universities all participate in the Monday Mile program. The Monday Mile is part of The Monday Campaigns, a nonprofit organization, which dedicates the first day of every week to health. The organization offers a free Monday Mile Starter Kit and resources for workplaces, campuses and community groups to start their own program.
You're invited to chat with Caregiver Monday & CareGiving.com every Monday beginning Monday, March 28th. The event takes place from 11 A.M. EST - 3 P.M. EST. Our Caring Lunch Hour Chat is open to anyone who cares for or has cared for a family member or friend with a chronic illness, disease or disability. To join the Caring Lunch Hour discussion, go to CareGiving.com and click the orange “chat” button on the home page.
Diana Rice, a registered dietitian on staff with The Monday Campaigns (the nonprofit organization behind Meatless Monday), offers these tips to get your health back on track after an indulgent Super Bowl Sunday.
Public health experts think the key to success to turn our New Year’s resolutions into reality is to bring the “fresh start” mindset of the beginning of the year to the beginning of every week. Research conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that Monday is akin to a “mini-New Year.” Reinforcing this “fresh start” Monday mindset with weekly cues and reminders can be a powerful tool in helping people sustain healthy behaviors over time.
The connection of meat consumption to climate change is not garnering the serious attention it deserves at the Paris climate talks. Representatives from 15 Meatless Monday countries including USA, Israel, Korea, Denmark, France, Italy, Nigeria, Jamaica and Kuwait, will join leading scientists, politicians and chefs at a session at COP21. Their goal: To underline the link between meat and climate change, and the impact that simple changes in our diet, like going meatless one day a week, can make in slowing global warming. http://www.meatlessmonday.com/paris/
Quit and Stay Quit Monday (QSQM) and The Great American Smokeout are combating the number one cause of preventable deaths in the United States. On Thursday, November 19th the 39th annual Great American Smokeout celebrates smokers kicking the habit. Research shows smokers are most successful when they have continued support. Using weekly words of encouragement and accessible free materials, QSQM helps guide clients to success throughout the quitting process.
End the season on a positive note and stay safe while having fun and doing the Monday Mile in the summer sun. Fitness experts offer tips.
The Monday Campaigns announces the publication of "Meatless Monday Goes to School" -- a beautifully designed, free collection of 30 meatless lunch recipes to help K-12 foodservice directors and community advocates implement the Meatless Monday initiative in schools. The e-cookbook addresses the need of K-12 schools for delicious vegetarian recipes that fulfill the meat/meat alternate component of the National School Lunch Program’s (NSLP) meal pattern.
Introducing a non-hormonal intra-vaginal ring for contraception – a novel approach to contraception – a multipurpose preventation technology (MPT) for women’s reproductive and sexual health.
LIU has adopted “I Love New York Water,” an initiative of the Monday Campaigns, which fosters healthy agendas on college campuses across the nation. Campus constituents signed pledges to forego bottled water, opting for economical and eco-friendly refillable water bottles that can be topped off at any of the dozens of water refill stations on campuses.
Quit & Stay Quit Monday helps quitters take advantage of 52 chances a year to quit for good. Individuals can join Quit & Stay Quit on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest to access free tips and stay connected with the support community.
Caregiver Monday, an initiative of the nonprofit Monday Campaigns, emphasizes that key to staying healthy is for caregivers to carve out a dedicated time at the beginning of each week to focus on the tools they need to keep their healthy habits consistent. Diana Rice, registered dietitian for The Monday Campaigns, offers strategies to stay healthy:
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